Dennis Ray Weir

June 12, 1951-Oct. 3, 2021

Dennis Ray Weir, 70, of Crawfordsville passed away Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at home, while surrounded by his loving family.

He was born June 12, 1951, at Crawfordsville, to Kenneth Weir and Mary (Holman) .

Dennis graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1969 and attended Vincennes University for a year before he enlisted in the United States Army where he proudly served his country and was stationed in Germany.

In 1975, he started working for the Crawfordsville Fire Department for 33 years, 16 of those years he was the Fire Chief. Some of his biggest accomplishments were starting the city’s paramedic service, which was for prehospital advance life support services, and he fought wildland fires in Oregon. After he retired from the fire department, he worked at the Montgomery County Jail and the Montgomery County Highway Department.

He was a member of the New Richmond Masonic Lodge #604. He ran the Fairway Military Surplus Store for many years, enjoyed the outdoors, loved hunting and was always looking for an adventure. He was a man of many talents, the rock of his family, and was an amazing storyteller. 

On July 18, 2004, he married Elaine Melvin, who survives. He is also survived by his mother, Mary Weir-Wommack; step-son Tony Hamm; sister Michele (Randy) Borden; two step-grandchildren, Eric and Sydney Hamm; niece Ashley (Ryan) Tice; nephew Andrew (Anne) Borden; great nieces, Taylor and Alexandria Tice; special cousins, Mark (Barbara) Gibson and Alicia Webb; uncle Mike Czworniak; aunts, Becky Gabhart and Marlene (Billy) Holman; sister-in-law Rosalie (Jim) Ballard; and brother-in-law Larry Melvin. 

He was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth Weir; brother Derrick Weir; and step-son Michael Hamm. 

Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10 at Sanders Priebe Funeral Care, 315 S. Washington St., Crawfordsville. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11 at the funeral home, with Pastor Kevin Howey officiating. The service will be live-streamed and recorded which can be viewed on his obituary page at www.sandersfuneralcare.com. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery with military honors provide by the United States Army and Byron Cox Post 72 Honor Guard.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the Shop with a Firefighter, P.O. Box 69, Crawfordsville, IN 47933 or the American Cancer Society.

Share memories and condolences online at www.sandersfuneralcare.com.