Obituary for Loretta F Depuy
Loretta F DePuy
Born in Marietta on Sep. 19, 1925
Departed on Apr. 10, 2011 and resided in Austintown, OH.
Service: Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011
AUSTINTOWN - Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, at the Austintown Community Church for Loretta F. DePuy, 85, who died early Sunday morning at Victoria House.
Loretta was born Sept. 19, 1925, in Marietta to the late Ellsworth and Beatrice (Richie) Theobald.
She was a member of Austintown Community Church.
She was a graduate of Marietta High School, Malone University, where she received her Bachelor of the Arts Degree in Education, and Westminster College, where she attained her Masters Degree in Education. Her teaching career spanned over 34 years, teaching 10 years for the Canton City Schools at Youtz Elementary, and 24 years for the Youngstown City Schools at Williamson Elementary from Sept. 1964 to July 1988.
Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn E. DePuy, whom she married Oct. 2, 1943, he died Oct. 10, 2000; her sister, Gertrude Weinstock; and her brother, George Theobald.
Loretta is survived by her two sons, Glenn D. (Nancy) DePuy of Long Island, N.Y., and Frank (Joyce) DePuy of Austintown; three grandchildren, Kimberly DePuy (Scott) Bronson, Jason Christopher (Breanne) DePuy and David Lee (Stephanie Richmond) DePuy; six great-grandchildren, Brendan Christopher DePuy, Aden Christopher DePuy, Devin Lee DePuy, Skyler Jane DePuy, William Scott Bronson and Airanne Starr Richmond.
Friends may call Wednesday, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel, and Thursday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the Austintown Community Church.
Burial will be at Green Haven Memory Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to Hospice of the Valley.