Frank Terry Carmine's Obituary
Camp Arrowhead’s Pioneer Property Manager
Frank “Terry” Carmine, 92, of Lewes, passed away Friday, January 19, 2024, surrounded by his family. Terry was born in Millsboro, son of the late Frank Perry Carmine and Helena Dodd Carmine.
He attended the Millsboro School and met the love of his life, Bettylee. There wasn’t a job that Terry couldn’t do; he was employed at a local hardware store, and later by DuPont, in Seaford. In 1954, the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware hired Terry as the property manager of Camp Arrowhead on the Rehoboth Bay. There he and his wife raised a family, lived and worked for 44-and-a-half years. Their legacy continues in the dedication of the Carmine Environmental Center where hundreds visit each year.
Terry was an aviation enthusiast. He built and flew model airplanes with the Lewes Radio Control Club, and even took to the skies as a passenger and a student pilot. He was a long-time member and president of the Lewes Lions Club and served as a Senior Warden at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Lewes. Terry loved the craft of making things new again, and truly was the forerunner of reduce, reuse, and recycle. He liked to tinker in his workshop, ski, attend church services and luncheons, garden, ride his lawnmower, bargain hunt, care for homeless animals, entertain those around him with humor, and dance to bands, especially 33 and 1/3.
He was preceded in death by his wife Bettylee Carmine. He is survived by his brother, Bruce Carmine; children, Debbie Simms (Rick), Kim Carmine (Peggy), and Kelly Stuchlik (Terry); grandchildren, Karin Simms Laroche (Drew), K.C. Carmine, Susan Simms Passwaters (Rhett), Melody Thomas-Wohlfeil (Paul), Ben Stuchlik (Katie); great-grandchildren, Brogan Evick, Ashton Passwaters, Ian Laroche, Robert Keefe, Lilly Stuchlik; dear friends Joey Melchiorre and Rev. Dr. Jack Anderson.
Services will be announced at a later date. In honor of Terry, donations can be made to Camp Arrowhead, memo: “in support of the Carmine Environmental Center '', and mailed to 913 Wilson Road, Wilmington, DE, or camparrowhead.net/giving. Visit Terry’s Life Memorial webpage and sign his virtual guestbook at parsellfuneralhomes.com.
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