Elizabeth “Betty” DeHaven, 99, a resident of rural Columbia City at Round Lake and widow of Walter B. DeHaven, passed away at 10:45 a.m Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at the home of her daughter.

Mrs. DeHaven was born on July 22, 1916, in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Ralph and Johanna (Adler) Noll. She spent her formative years in Fort Wayne and graduated from Southside High School.

On Oct. 16, 1940, she was married in Fort Wayne to Walter B. DeHaven and lived most all of her adult life at Tri Lakes. She was a homemaker and a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Columbia City. She will be remembered for her gardening, her “sweet tooth,” and most especially her love for her family.

Mr. DeHaven preceded her in death on Dec. 18, 1999.

The surviving relative include her daughter: Carolyn (Gary) Lopshire, Tri Lakes, with whom she made her home; and her son: Walter (Joyce) DeHaven, Churubusco; her sister: Hazel Degitz, Fort Wayne; four grandchildren: Eric (Marti) Lopshire, Huntington; Jeremy (Taryn) Lopshire, Arrowsmith, Ill.; Danielle (Brock) Woodward, Roanoke; and Seth DeHaven, Fort Wayne; and ten great-grandchildren: Wilson; Charles; Joseph; Simon; Andrew; Anthony; Lucy; Annah; Sylvia; and Caden Lopshire.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Sheets and Childs Funeral Home in Churubusco with Rev. Lane Burgland, pastor of Faith Lutheran Church, officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Wednesday until the hour of the service.

Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne.