Dennis M. Carr

Dennis M. Carr’s scheduled appointment and residency in Wabasha and upon this plane of existence expired with his passing on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, his loving wife Susan by his side. Steeped in the wisdom of the ages, he was 86 years young. Celestially somewhere, an appointment book sheathed in dark Corinthian leather and bound with pages of the finest Japanese Midori paper denotes an arrival for that same date on a higher plane.
Back in a year where global uncertainty was a reality, and a science fiction radio broadcast would bring domestic panic of an otherworldly invasion, a few bright lights emerged. In theaters, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released, and in New York City, Benny Goodman and his orchestra would finally bring swing jazz music to Carnegie Hall.
Meanwhile, over in Minnesota, Dennis Michael Carr was born in Aitkin on March 6, 1938, to parents Della Braun and Harold Carr. An inventive child growing up around Wabasha, Dennis was drawn to the sciences. He had a passion for learning, and his hunger for reading and acquiring knowledge was often readily on display for the neighborhood kids.
Dennis M. Carr, D.N, Ph.D, carried on that youthful interest with an expansive pursuit of knowledge of the human body and healing, a journey of understanding that ultimately would serve his community. Perhaps the foundation for Dennis’ career began with his service in the U.S. Navy. After graduating from Wabasha High School, he served in the Navy from 1956 to 1960 during which he was assigned to the USS Lexington in the South Pacific as a Navy Corpsman, fully trained as a hospital technician. Upon leaving the Navy, Dennis took a position as a surgical technician at the Vet’s hospital in Minneapolis.
With his hospital experience as a foundation, Dennis enrolled and graduated from the Cliff College of Cosmetology, registered as a cosmetologist licensed in hair, skin, and nail practice and soon after went to work as an instructor in Winona at the Harding School of Beauty. He later began teaching at the Winona Vocational Technical College, advancing to take the position as the department head of the Cosmetology department. This was a position he would continue in for many years.
With his teaching at Winona Vocational Technical College, Dennis would establish what would become a mainstay for decades to come, opening the Hairkeepers Salon on Pembroke Avenue in a corner of downtown. In addition to his hair clients, his continued pursuit of health-based skills and knowledge would see his expansion into neuropathic healing and osteomyology, and he began to provide services for pain and pain management.
Dennis’ location downtown also afforded him some diversity and he purchased what had previously been the popcorn stand off the corner of Pembroke and Second Street referred to locally as Popcorn Park. Previously known as Klas’s Klassy Kitchen, which was owned for years by Margaret Erlinger, Dennis rebranded and launched Dr. Carr’s World-Famous Popcorn Stand, which might include the sale of an occasional hotdog if it wasn’t as hot as hades in the middle of July.
When he retired in 1986 from his position at Winona Vocational Technical College, he focused his full attention on his practice and in 2018, he moved across Pembroke Avenue to the very location it occupies today. During his tenure in both locations and his many years of teaching, Dennis Carr would connect with, assist and help heal, and ultimately leave a long-lasting impression on many throughout the community and the surrounding area. His legacy continues with those who were his students, clients, and customers, and their respect and esteem for his caring and meticulous work.
Dennis has been married to his loving wife, Susan M. McClone, for 38 years during which they built not just a happy life for each other, but continued service to their community. Dennis is survived by his beloved Susan; sons Shawn Carr and Michael Savage; two grandchildren; a brother Donald (Danaca) Carr; a sister Marne Carr; and many loving nieces and nephews along with brothers and sisters in law.
Dennis was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers: Jerrold, Robert, Ronald, and Edward.
A memorial service for Dennis Carr will be held in Spring 2025, and more information about those details will be provided in early 2025. Interment will be at Riverview Cemetery, Wabasha with military honors provided by Wabasha American Legion Post #50 and the Burkhardt-Roemer VFW Post #4086.
Dennis M. Carr’s scheduled appointment and residency in Wabasha and upon this plane of existence expired with his passing on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, his loving wife Susan by his side. Steeped in the wisdom of the ages, he was 86 years young. Celestially somewhere, an appointment book sheathed in dark Corinthian leather and bound with pages of the finest Japanese Midori paper denotes an arrival for that same date on a higher plane.
Back in a year where global uncertainty was a reality, and a science fiction radio broadcast would bring domestic panic of an otherworldly invasion, a few bright lights emerged. In theaters, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released, and in New York City, Benny Goodman and his orchestra would finally bring swing jazz music to Carnegie Hall.
Meanwhile, over in Minnesota, Dennis Michael Carr was born in Aitkin on March 6, 1938, to parents Della Braun and Harold Carr. An inventive child growing up around Wabasha, Dennis was drawn to the sciences. He had a passion for learning, and his hunger for reading and acquiring knowledge was often readily on display for the neighborhood kids.
Dennis M. Carr, D.N, Ph.D, carried on that youthful interest with an expansive pursuit of knowledge of the human body and healing, a journey of understanding that ultimately would serve his community. Perhaps the foundation for Dennis’ career began with his service in the U.S. Navy. After graduating from Wabasha High School, he served in the Navy from 1956 to 1960 during which he was assigned to the USS Lexington in the South Pacific as a Navy Corpsman, fully trained as a hospital technician. Upon leaving the Navy, Dennis took a position as a surgical technician at the Vet’s hospital in Minneapolis.
Dennis M. Carr
With his hospital experience as a foundation, Dennis enrolled and graduated from the Cliff College of Cosmetology, registered as a cosmetologist licensed in hair, skin, and nail practice and soon after went to work as an instructor in Winona at the Harding School of Beauty. He later began teaching at the Winona Vocational Technical College, advancing to take the position as the department head of the Cosmetology department. This was a position he would continue in for many years.
With his teaching at Winona Vocational Technical College, Dennis would establish what would become a mainstay for decades to come, opening the Hairkeepers Salon on Pembroke Avenue in a corner of downtown. In addition to his hair clients, his continued pursuit of health-based skills and knowledge would see his expansion into neuropathic healing and osteomyology, and he began to provide services for pain and pain management.
Dennis’ location downtown also afforded him some diversity and he purchased what had previously been the popcorn stand off the corner of Pembroke and Second Street referred to locally as Popcorn Park. Previously known as Klas’s Klassy Kitchen, which was owned for years by Margaret Erlinger, Dennis rebranded and launched Dr. Carr’s World-Famous Popcorn Stand, which might include the sale of an occasional hotdog if it wasn’t as hot as hades in the middle of July.
When he retired in 1986 from his position at Winona Vocational Technical College, he focused his full attention on his practice and in 2018, he moved across Pembroke Avenue to the very location it occupies today. During his tenure in both locations and his many years of teaching, Dennis Carr would connect with, assist and help heal, and ultimately leave a long-lasting impression on many throughout the community and the surrounding area. His legacy continues with those who were his students, clients, and customers, and their respect and esteem for his caring and meticulous work.
Dennis has been married to his loving wife, Susan M. McClone, for 38 years during which they built not just a happy life for each other, but continued service to their community. Dennis is survived by his beloved Susan; sons Shawn Carr and Michael Savage; two grandchildren; a brother Donald (Danaca) Carr; a sister Marne Carr; and many loving nieces and nephews along with brothers and sisters in law.
Dennis was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers: Jerrold, Robert, Ronald, and Edward.
A memorial service for Dennis Carr will be held in Spring 2025, and more information about those details will be provided in early 2025. Interment will be at Riverview Cemetery, Wabasha with military honors provided by Wabasha American Legion Post #50 and the Burkhardt-Roemer VFW Post #4086.
Services are entrusted to Abbott Funeral Home & Crematory, Wabasha, MN. Words of sympathy or remembrance may be leftDennis M. Carr’s scheduled appointment and residency in Wabasha and upon this plane of existence expired with his passing on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, his loving wife Susan by his side. Steeped in the wisdom of the ages, he was 86 years young. Celestially somewhere, an appointment book sheathed in dark Corinthian leather and bound with pages of the finest Japanese Midori paper denotes an arrival for that same date on a higher plane.
Back in a year where global uncertainty was a reality, and a science fiction radio broadcast would bring domestic panic of an otherworldly invasion, a few bright lights emerged. In theaters, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released, and in New York City, Benny Goodman and his orchestra would finally bring swing jazz music to Carnegie Hall.
Meanwhile, over in Minnesota, Dennis Michael Carr was born in Aitkin on March 6, 1938, to parents Della Braun and Harold Carr. An inventive child growing up around Wabasha, Dennis was drawn to the sciences. He had a passion for learning, and his hunger for reading and acquiring knowledge was often readily on display for the neighborhood kids.
Dennis M. Carr, D.N, Ph.D, carried on that youthful interest with an expansive pursuit of knowledge of the human body and healing, a journey of understanding that ultimately would serve his community. Perhaps the foundation for Dennis’ career began with his service in the U.S. Navy. After graduating from Wabasha High School, he served in the Navy from 1956 to 1960 during which he was assigned to the USS Lexington in the South Pacific as a Navy Corpsman, fully trained as a hospital technician. Upon leaving the Navy, Dennis took a position as a surgical technician at the Vet’s hospital in Minneapolis.
Dennis M. Carr
With his hospital experience as a foundation, Dennis enrolled and graduated from the Cliff College of Cosmetology, registered as a cosmetologist licensed in hair, skin, and nail practice and soon after went to work as an instructor in Winona at the Harding School of Beauty. He later began teaching at the Winona Vocational Technical College, advancing to take the position as the department head of the Cosmetology department. This was a position he would continue in for many years.
With his teaching at Winona Vocational Technical College, Dennis would establish what would become a mainstay for decades to come, opening the Hairkeepers Salon on Pembroke Avenue in a corner of downtown. In addition to his hair clients, his continued pursuit of health-based skills and knowledge would see his expansion into neuropathic healing and osteomyology, and he began to provide services for pain and pain management.
Dennis’ location downtown also afforded him some diversity and he purchased what had previously been the popcorn stand off the corner of Pembroke and Second Street referred to locally as Popcorn Park. Previously known as Klas’s Klassy Kitchen, which was owned for years by Margaret Erlinger, Dennis rebranded and launched Dr. Carr’s World-Famous Popcorn Stand, which might include the sale of an occasional hotdog if it wasn’t as hot as hades in the middle of July.
When he retired in 1986 from his position at Winona Vocational Technical College, he focused his full attention on his practice and in 2018, he moved across Pembroke Avenue to the very location it occupies today. During his tenure in both locations and his many years of teaching, Dennis Carr would connect with, assist and help heal, and ultimately leave a long-lasting impression on many throughout the community and the surrounding area. His legacy continues with those who were his students, clients, and customers, and their respect and esteem for his caring and meticulous work.
Dennis has been married to his loving wife, Susan M. McClone, for 38 years during which they built not just a happy life for each other, but continued service to their community. Dennis is survived by his beloved Susan; sons Shawn Carr and Michael Savage; two grandchildren; a brother Donald (Danaca) Carr; a sister Marne Carr; and many loving nieces and nephews along with brothers and sisters in law.
Dennis was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers: Jerrold, Robert, Ronald, and Edward.
A memorial service for Dennis Carr will be held in Spring 2025, and more information about those details will be provided in early 2025. Interment will be at Riverview Cemetery, Wabasha with military honors provided by Wabasha American Legion Post #50 and the Burkhardt-Roemer VFW Post #4086.

Services are entrusted to Abbott Funeral Home & Crematory, Wabasha, MN. Words of sympathy or remembrance may be left at www.abbotth.com