irst Honorable Mention in Fort Wayne's Bicentennial Adult Poetry Contest; she was an accomplished poet writing poetry for births, holidays, celebrations, deaths, etc. along with getting her Associate's Degree in English at the age of 50 from IPFW. She can be remembered as one of the first scrap bookers as she put together scrap books for each of her 6 children's graduations and books for her 15 grandchildren. Hobbies included sewing, making many of her children's clothes, bridesmaid dresses and so much more, crocheting making her grandchildren graduation Afghans, gardening with her beautiful flowers and watching and feeding birds. Some of her children's fondest memories are camping at Chain-O-Lakes and summer vacations on Fish Lake where she taught them to swim. Her and husband Carl enjoyed I.U. basketball, White Sox baseball and Indianapolis Colts football. Joan Baermann, 83 of Columbia City, Indiana, passed away at 10:42 a.m. on Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Chandler Place, Kendallville. Survivors include her loving children; Jan (Steve) Davis of Huntertown, C. Phillip (Deb) Baermann and Kathy (Jr.) Warner, both of LaOtto, Barbara (Dennis) Campbell of Albion, William Sr. (Kelly) Baermann of North Manchester and Mimi (Ron) Lanning of Butler; grandchildren Jeremy, C. Andrew, Matthew, Brandon, Michael , Thomas, William Jr., Jami, Adam, Nicole, Jessi, Karisa, Eric, Jake and Alyssa; and 27 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by four siblings, Josetta (Richard) Salaro, Dennis (Eileen) and Gerald Westrick, Donna (Harry) Quandt and 1 sister in law, Joni Westrick. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Carl Baermann; brother, David Westrick and sister, Marcia Carney. A gathering of family and friends will be from 4-8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at DeMoney-Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City. Recitation of the Rosary will be held at the funeral home at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. A Mass of Christian Burial for Joan will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday April 4, 2019 at St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church 315 South Line Street, Columbia City, with visitation one hour prior. Burial will follow in Highland Park Cemetery, Fort Wayne. The family prefers memorial contributions in memory of Joan to be made to St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church Building Fund or National Ataxia Foundation. Visit www.demoneygrimes.com to send the family an online condolence.