NORTH MANCHESTER – Dean Kindy, of North Manchester, and formerly of Naperville, Ill., died Jan. 27, 2012.
He was born in 1921, in North Manchester, to Ivan and Dessa Kindy. In 1948, he married June Zimmerman, who survives.
He graduated from Manchester College. He started working in 1947 at the Church of the Brethren Service Center, New Windsor, Md., with relief and refugee work after the war. After being called to the ministry by his congregation in Naperville, he graduated from Bethany Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill., and spent the next 34 years as a pastor in the Church of the Brethren. The early years were with the Crystal and New Haven congregations in Michigan and then longer tenures with the Chippewa and Lake Breeze congregations in Ohio. He and June were active with migrant ministry in Florida while serving in the second Brethren Volunteer Service unit and he picked up that ministry again during the Michigan years. The family frequently sponsored refugees and worked with exchange students, many of whom lived for a time with the family. After retirement he and June volunteered again at the New Windsor Service Center, spent time as Heifer Project Host and Hostess in Massachusetts and he worked with the disaster response program of the denomination and was a guest preacher in area churches near his home.
Also surviving are five children: Cliff (and spouse Arlene) Kindy, North Manchester; Bruce (and spouse Donna) Kindy and Treva Schar, all of Wooster, Ohio; Joe (and spouse Peggy) Kindy, Sterling, Ohio; and Gloria Kindy (Dan Garrett), Rockville, Md.; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; two brothers; and two sisters. He was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Feb. 12 at Eel River Community Church of the Brethren, Silver Lake.
McKee Mortuary, North Manchester, is in charge of arrangements. ***** Memorials may be made to Heifer International, 1 World Ave., Little Rock, AR 72202; or the Church of the Brethren General Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120.
