Barbara J. DePoy, 80 / Dec. 29, 1930 — Dec. 23, 2011

Published 4:02 pm Monday, December 26, 2011

Barbara J. DePoy, 80 of the Niles-Edwardsburg area, passed Dec. 23, 2011 in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka.

She was born Dec. 29, 1930 in Eau Claire.

She graduated from Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac with an associates degree in arts. She was a teacher’s assistant at Brookside Learning in Cassopolis and worked in the cafeteria at Edwardsburg High School. She was also a clerk at Smith’s Hardware in Edwardsburg.

She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Edwin R. DePoy, children Cindy (Jim) Wagner of Bartonville, Texas and Keith (Sara) of St. Johns, Mich. There are 12 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, a sister Margaret (Edward) Street and brother Robert (Margaret) Zuhl.

Family who have passed are her parents, Robert and Helen Zuhl, a son Darl Edwin DePoy and a brother Donald Zuhl.

Visitation was Monday, and services will be 11 a.m. Dec. 27 at Peace Lutheran Church in Granger. Burial will be at Smith’s Chapel Cemetery on Redfield Road, between Niles and Edwardsburg. It is suggested, in lieu of flowers, to make memorial donations to her church.