Carl ‘Dean’ Coplen, 89, of Mesa, Ariz., and formerly of Warsaw, Ind., passed away Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at Banner Gardens Hospice House, Mesa, Ariz. Dean was born May 11, 1924, in Akron, Ind., to Lee and Cora (Zimmerman) Coplen. He was a 1942 graduate of Gilead High School where he was the first of …read more.