Barbara Joan “Barb” Grabill
March 2, 2017 at 4:21 p.m.
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She was born Jan. 24, 1934, in Pontiac, Mich., to Chester and Esther Shoemaker Myrben.
She graduated in 1953 from Pontiac High School and attended the University of Michigan and University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. She was married Nov. 4, 1978, in Troy, Mich., to Lee J. Grabill, who preceded her in death in 2012.
She owned/operated The Travel Company in Pontiac and Columbus, Ohio. She moved to Ohio in 1978 from Michigan and to Warsaw in 2012 from Ohio.
She was a former member and president of the Rotary Club in Columbus, former board member of the Heinzerling Foundation in Columbus, and a volunteer for the Make a Wish Foundation.
She is survived by a son, Jonathan Hopp, Columbus; a daughter, Jenny (spouse Kyle) Bohenkamper, Warsaw; two stepsons, Joseph (spouse Melissa) Grabill, Columbus, and Gary (spouse Linda) Grabill, Washington; four granddaughters: Sydney Hopp, Emma Bohenkamper, Kerrington Grabill and Jessica Grabill; seven grandsons: Toby (spouse Jolene) Hopp, Benjamin (spouse Marisa) Hopp, Alex (spouse Stacey Bullard) Hopp, Timothy Hopp, Noah Bohenkamper, Robert (spouse Morgan) Grabill and Brandon Grabill; a great-granddaughter; and a sister, Kathleen (spouse Tom) Tucker, Sarasota, Fla.
She was preceded by her parents; a son, Christopher Riley Hopp; and a daughter, Sandra Joy Coe.
A celebration of life service is planned in Columbus.
Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials to the Heinzerling Foundation, 1800 Heinzerling Drive, Columbus, OH 43223; or Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, P.O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46581.
To send condolences to the Grabill family, visit www.creamtionserviceskc.com.
She was born Jan. 24, 1934, in Pontiac, Mich., to Chester and Esther Shoemaker Myrben.
She graduated in 1953 from Pontiac High School and attended the University of Michigan and University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. She was married Nov. 4, 1978, in Troy, Mich., to Lee J. Grabill, who preceded her in death in 2012.
She owned/operated The Travel Company in Pontiac and Columbus, Ohio. She moved to Ohio in 1978 from Michigan and to Warsaw in 2012 from Ohio.
She was a former member and president of the Rotary Club in Columbus, former board member of the Heinzerling Foundation in Columbus, and a volunteer for the Make a Wish Foundation.
She is survived by a son, Jonathan Hopp, Columbus; a daughter, Jenny (spouse Kyle) Bohenkamper, Warsaw; two stepsons, Joseph (spouse Melissa) Grabill, Columbus, and Gary (spouse Linda) Grabill, Washington; four granddaughters: Sydney Hopp, Emma Bohenkamper, Kerrington Grabill and Jessica Grabill; seven grandsons: Toby (spouse Jolene) Hopp, Benjamin (spouse Marisa) Hopp, Alex (spouse Stacey Bullard) Hopp, Timothy Hopp, Noah Bohenkamper, Robert (spouse Morgan) Grabill and Brandon Grabill; a great-granddaughter; and a sister, Kathleen (spouse Tom) Tucker, Sarasota, Fla.
She was preceded by her parents; a son, Christopher Riley Hopp; and a daughter, Sandra Joy Coe.
A celebration of life service is planned in Columbus.
Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials to the Heinzerling Foundation, 1800 Heinzerling Drive, Columbus, OH 43223; or Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, P.O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46581.
To send condolences to the Grabill family, visit www.creamtionserviceskc.com.
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