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| Spouse: |
Larry Dale Pottorff
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| Children: |
Kerry Kaye Judd Kiesling
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| Grandchildren: |
Jennifer Leigh Foster Harmeyer
Great Grandson:
Evan Foster-Harmeyer
Kathryn Denise Harmeyer
Sara Anne Harmeyer
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| Parents: |
Nellie Mae Mail
James Elbert Royer
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| Siblings: |
Shirley Ann Royer Cook
Marilyn Kay Royer Woodcock
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| Grandparents: |
Maternal:
Isaac Dale Mail
Sarah Emmaline Sager
Paternal:
Clifford Royer
Nancy Hester Pittman
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Cemetery Location Map to Gravesite |
Birth Date: 12/5/1936
Death Date: 5/11/2001
Washington Park East Cemetery
Garden First President # 3, Section W 24, Crypt 37, Level 6
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| Denise Arlene Royer Pottorff, was born in Robinson, Illinois on December 5, 1936. Her mother, Nellie Mae Mail Royer was raised in a farm in Palestine, Illinois. She retired from Kroger Grocery. Her father, James Elbert Royer was born in Midland, Indiana and worked as a railroader for New York Central Railroad. They moved to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1940, where her two sisters, Shirley Ann Royer Cook and Marilyn Kay Royer Woodcock were born. She married William R. Judd in 1952 and divorced him in 1954. They had one daughter, Kerry Kaye Judd Kiesling. She married Larry Dale Pottorff from Martinsville, Indiana on February 17, 1968 and was a devoted and loving wife to him for the remainder of her life. Denise and Larry had two granddaughters, Jennifer Leigh Foster, who married Robert Harmeyer and Amber Marie Bradburn. Denise had one Great Grandson Evan Foster-Harmeyer. She was a very caring daughter, wife, mother grandmother, sister and aunt who loved being with her family. She enjoyed having everyone come to Lake Lemon, where they lived, after she and Larry retired from Eli Lilly's. She worked at Lilly's for 37 years, retiring in 1992. She was a very devoted pet owner, and was especially close to Callie Cat, Mindy the Wonderdog and Annie, her Border Collie. Photography, Reading, Poetry, Collecting Hallmark Ornaments, Gardening, Feeding Birds, Cooking and Traveling were a few of her favorite hobbies. She enjoyed IU Basketball, Notre Dame Football and the Indianapolis Colts. She loved being by the water and outdoors and watching sunrises and sunsets. She never gave up, even during her struggle with ovarian cancer, the most difficult battle of her life. She enjoyed life to the fullest, and enriched the lives of those she knew. Two of her most memorable characteristics were her beautiful smile and wonderful laugh. Many of her friends repeatedly said at her funeral, 'She sure knew how to have fun!' And she did! |
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The Royer Family, 1945, Nellie, Denise, James, Marilyn and Shirley
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Dating Days, Denise and Larry at an Eli Lily Dance, 1966
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Denise and Larry's Wedding, February 17, 1968
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Hang Loose, 1975, Kilani, bartender, Denise.
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Three Sisters, Marilyn, Shirley and Denise, 1998
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Denise with her "Player Piano", July 1991.
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Larry and Denise, Snorkeling at Grand Cayman, 1985
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Mindy the Wonderdog, seated and Annie the Border Collie, lying down.
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Five Generations, 1999. Denise with mother, Nellie Lewis, daughter Kerry Kiesling, granddaughter Jennifer Foster and Great Grandson Evan Foster-Harmeyer.
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Denise's Family.
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