Steven Lee Carman, 51, of 36 EMS B60 Lane, Warsaw, passed away at 9:58 p.m. Dec. 18, 2013. He was born Feb. 23, 1962, in Bloomington, to Dr. Richard L. Carman and then-wife Sandra. He moved with his parents to Warsaw in August of that year. He attended grade school in Warsaw, but wanted to and did attend Culver Military Academy for high school until his senior year when he returned to Warsaw and graduated from Warsaw High School in 1980. He was an excellent student. During summers of his youth he mowed several yards in the Country Club Drive area wearing out two of his dad’s mowers. He also installed, maintained and removed piers on the lakes in Warsaw. By 1989 he got serious and formed Carman Pier on land purchased in the North Webster area at 4883 N. CR 700E, Leesburg. He and his half-brother Chris increased the business to 10 full-time and several seasonal employees who service hundreds of customers on many lakes in the area. Last year they were honored with an award from their shore station distributor for the highest volume of product purchased from their distribution site. He was a member of AA and very active in their organization, including visiting jail inmates on Sunday evenings and counseling them on ways to improve their lives and ministering to them on accepting Christ. He enjoyed mentoring grade school children who struggled in the classroom and attempted to help them with their ability to learn. They looked forward to his visits. His hobbies included golf, camping with his daughters and river rafting in Tennessee. Surviving are his father and stepmother, Phyllis; a half-brother, Chris; and two daughters, Lilly, soon to be 7, and Molly, 5. He was preceded in death by his mother; both paternal and maternal sets of grandparents; and a brother, two years older, Tim, who died in 1997. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in North Webster Church of God, with Pastors Erik Ohman and Jeff Boyer officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw. Calling is from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. ***** Memorials may be made to Lilly and Molly Carman’s education fund, Lake City Bank, 202 E. Center St., Warsaw, IN 46580. Condolences may be sent via mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com
