BEVERLY GALLAGHER

Services for Denise will be held at Clark Family Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at 2 p.m. with Rev. Dr. Donald Ferris-McCann officiating. Light refreshments will follow in the Reflections Reception Center. The family will receive friends at Clark Family Funeral Chapel on Monday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and on Tuesday from 1 p.m. until the time of the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church. Envelopes will be available at Clark Family Funeral Chapel and the church.

Denise was born May 2, 1940, in Wheeling, WV, the daughter of Thomas Joseph Gallagher and Ota Lee (Burge) Gallagher. She earned a bachelor’s degree from West Liberty State College. Denise moved to Michigan with her husband, Joe DeBolt, Sr., and her two children in 1967. She worked in an elementary school, as an aide/driver from MMI, and as a driver for Dial-A-Ride before starting her 28-year career working as a secretary for the Central Michigan University Military Science Department ROTC. Denise was an active member of the First United Methodist Church and a volunteer for the Isabella County Restoration House. She enjoyed reading and bike-riding. Denise collected model sailing ships, model trains, Russian memorabilia, and sculptures and figurines made from the coal of West Virginia coal mines. She was a world-traveler, taking trips to England, the Netherlands, and three trips to Russia.

Denise is survived by her children, Joseph (Racine) DeBolt, Jr., of Randallstown, MD, and Michelle (David) Turpin of Shepherd; grandchildren, Connor Turpin of Austin, TX and Cassandra Nowlin of Parkville, MD; great-grandchild, Roman; sister, Jewell Roman, of Wheeling, WV, and many nieces and nephews.

Denise is preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Milton Johnson, Mildred “Teen” Johnson, Louis “Manny” Johnson, Melvin “Arch” Johnson, Eileen Daverio, Rose Reinbeau, Thomasina Gallagher, Margaret “Lee” Dusch, Mary “Jacquline” Seidler, and Beverly Gallagher.