Tara DePew McEwen

December 26, 1966 - January 30, 2015

Tara Noel DePew McEwen, 48, of Foristell, Missouri, was called to heaven on January 30, 2015.  She lost her brave fight against lung cancer. Tara was born December 26, 1966 in Centralia, Illinois to Carol Tackett Melowitz and Larry DePew.  She was married to Marvin McEwen in May of 1992. She was survived by her parents; husband; children, Dustin McEwen, Brandon McEwen, Tia McEwen Miller and Zac Miller; her grandchildren Cayden Schuman and Zayne Miller; her siblings, Adam DePew, Brandon DePew and Megan DePew Goostere; her grandmothers, Ann DePew and Alma Conoyer; her aunts Teresa DePew Caldwell, Ardith DePew McFarland, Doris Tackett McConkey and Linda Tackett Reichert; and her uncle, Ken Tackett. She was preceded in death by grandparents Minnie Kistler Tackett and Noah Tackett, James DePew, Bob Conoyer; and aunt Linda DePew Leidner. Tara worked at Citibank for 14 years in various positions eventually becoming the top of her team as a loan mortgage coordinator. A memorial to celebrate Tara's life will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, February 6, 2015 at German Reform Cemetery in Farina, Illinois.  Flowers can be sent to Hohlt & File Funeral Home in Vandalia, Illinois.