BOURBON – Phillip J. Dennie, 79, died at 11 p.m. March 25, 2016, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw. He was born Oct. 31, 1936, in Argos, to Chancey and Alma Yarling Dennie. On June 24, 1956, he married his high school sweetheart, Jean Ann Dinkledine, who survives in Bourbon. They would have been married 60 years in June and were lifetime Bourbon residents. He was a 1954 graduate of Argos High School. In 1967 at the age of 30, he and his wife started the Dennie Electric Company, Warsaw, which is still a Dennie family-owned business 49 years later. He loved his family, his friends, their business, their farmland, their cabin on Arbutus Lake in Michigan, and fishing and hunting trips out west and in Canada and Alaska with his good buddies. He was an avid NASCAR fan and especially Jeff Gordon #24. He enjoyed owning horses and trail riding along with his friends. Throughout their travels he managed to visit 48 states. He was a wonderful son, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and boss. Past employees tell him he was the best boss they ever had. He suffered with Parkinson’s Disease for 21 years. Also surviving are a daughter, Kathy Press, Valparaiso; a son, Mike (and spouse Donna) Dennie, Bourbon; four grandchildren: Clint (and spouse Crystal) Dennie, Bourbon; Dane (and spouse Jillian) Woudema, Valparaiso; Chad (and spouse Emily) Dennie, Mentone; Shelby Woudema and Andy Gault, Zionsville; five great-grandchildren: Maddox, Bria Dennie, Colby and Clay Woudema and Lilly Grace Dennie; three brothers: Allen Dennie, Florida; Andy (and spouse Arlene) Dennie, Bourbon; Joe (and spouse Nancy) Denny, Argos; and a good friend and caregiver, Denne Andrews, Bremen. He was preceded in death by both his parents. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon, with Pastor Doug Lemon, Oak Grove Community Church, Warsaw, officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bourbon. Friends may share memories with the family from 4 to 8 p.m Wednesday at the funeral home. ***** The family asks that memorial contributions be made to Riley Children’s Hospital where his grandchild was a patient. Condolences may be left at deatonclemensfh.com
