‘A nurturer and a caregiver’: Helen DeVos remembered in GR

RAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Community members had an opportunity Monday to pay their respects to West Michigan philanthropist Helen DeVos.

The 90-year-old wife of Amway co-founder Rich DeVos died Wednesday of complications from a stroke following a recent diagnosis of myeloid leukemia, according to her family. She was laid to rest in a private ceremony at the family’s Memorial Gardens in Ada Saturday.

Monday, a stream of 700 people filed into the Ambassador Ballroom of the Amway Grand Hotel for a Helen DeVos’ visitation. Rich DeVos was among the family members who greeted them.

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