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Name: Hollie H. Depoy Jr.
Spouse: Rosalie Wells Depoy
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DECEASED 2007,
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1950 Attended from through

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Birthdate: January 4, 1932   
Date of Death: April 26, 2007  
       

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Obituary in Columbia City Post April 30, 2007, Pg. 2. Funeral by Bailey-Love Mortuary, Huntington, Indiana. Buried Gardens of Memory, Huntington County, Indiana. Obituary of wife:

Rosalie DePoy age 82, of Huntington, passed away at 1:23 p.m. Friday (October 5, 2012) at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The family will receive friends from 3 - 7 p.m. Tuesday (October 9, 2012) at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana. Funeral services will be Wednesday (October 10, 2012) at 10 a.m. at Bailey-Love Mortuary with Rev. Richard Bunnell officiating. Burial will be held in Gardens of Memory, Huntington County.

Those desiring may make memorial contributions to Bethel United Methodist Church in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana 46750.

Rosalie was born on July 19, 1930 in Smilax, Kentucky to Jason and Anna (Vanover) Wells. She graduated in 1948 from Hazard High School. Rosalie married Hollie H. DePoy, Jr. April 12, 1951 in Hyden, Kentucky. They shared 56 years of marriage before he preceded her in death on April 26, 2007.

Rosalie was the owner of DePoy Ceramics in Huntington and enjoyed being involved with Huntington Girl Scouts for 17 years. She was a Chairperson of Christian Education at the Bethel United Methodist Church where Rosalie also attended and was a member.

She is survived by her two sons - James (Monica) DePoy of Deltona, Florida and Paul (Katie) DePoy of Clermont, Florida; a daughter - Jodi DePoy (Ron Sitts) of Fort Wayne; daughter-in-law - Beth Surfus of Warren; two brothers - Homer Wells of Columbia City and James (Lois) Wells of Hazard Kentucky; four sisters - Melda Fields of Lebannon, Lillian Downey of Kenansville, Florida, Emma Mead of Stanford, Kentucky and Lila Howard of Tennessee. Her parents, husband, three brothers - Archie, Earl, and Herschel Wells; three sisters - Pearl Wells, Gracie Wells and Georgia Eversole preceded her in death.
 
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