Ila Mae DePauw

Ila Mae DePauw, 90 of Amarillo passed away December 30, 2014. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Llano Cemetery with Mr. Glen Walton officiating. Interment will be at Llano Cemetery by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors. Another angel left this world for her journey into heaven, our sweet, precious mother, Ila DePauw, on Tuesday, December 30, 2014. She was born August 28, 1924 to Toy and Lois Robinson on a farm in Quail, Texas. She married Bill DePauw September 16, 1942. He preceded her in death June 18, 1988. She worked hard all her life on the farm, then at Penneys for over forty years. She loved being around others and never met a stranger. Ila always thought of others before herself. She loved to feed the birds and other critters that came into her yard. Ila loved flowers and working in the yard. She was the neighborhood watchdog and was like family to all her neighbors and friends. She was a beautiful person inside and out, with her beautiful blue eyes and red hair. Mother was a wonderful cook and we will sure miss her cornbread dressing this year. As her granddaughter Anessa says, “God will have His hands full with this one. Never still a minute. She will bring laughter and love to all.” We love you mema to the moon and back. Rest in peace sweet mama till we see you again. She was a longtime member of the Church of Christ. The family would like to thank all her beloved neighbors for their kindness and the staff of Southwest Hospice for caring for a one of a kind sweet mother. She was preceded in death by our Daddy, Bill DePauw; her parents, Toy and Lois Robinson; two brothers, Clifton and Jerry Don Robinson; and a sister, Diann Culver. She is survived by a daughter, Sharon McLaughlin of Lubbock; two sons, Dewain DePauw and wife Donna of Carson City,NV and Jerry DePauw of the home where he lived with his Mother all his life; three brothers, Wayne Robinson of Amarillo, J.W. Robinson of San Antonio, and Bob Robinson of N. Richland Hills; a sister, Kay Robinson of Salinas, CA; she adored her three grandchildren, She was mema to Chad McLaughlin of Galveston, John DePauw of Vero Beach, Fl and Anessa Austin of Wolfforth; her six great-grandbabies brought her such joy, Caleb, Ella, Rowan, Gianni, Elektra and Nika; and her special daughter, Dutch who loved her so. The family suggest memorials be sent in lieu of flowers to the Quail Cemetery, P.O. Box 98, Quail, Texas 79251, Hospice Care of the Southwest, 6600 Kilgore, Amarillo TX, 79106 or the High Plains Children’s Home, 11461 S. Western, Amarillo, TX 79118