Berdena LePoire, age 92, of Zeeland, Michigan, passed away peacefully at Butterworth Hospital on August 31, 2026. She had battled kidney and heart failure for many years, but faced each challenge with resiliency and a strong will that all who knew her could attest was her strength.
She was born and raised in Zeeland, Michigan, the daughter of Grace and John Vander Silk, on August 27, 1934. She had three brothers, Preston, Jerome, and Gerald, and one sister, Hazel.
She married Rodger LePoire in 1950, and they had three children, Robert, Brenda (LePoire) Redner, and Beth (LePoire) Molineux. When she wasn’t fully occupied in her role as wife and mother, Berdena worked several jobs from Nursing Home Assistant in Zeeland to working alongside Beth at a local McDonald’s in Ontario, California. She has lived several places, first southern California and later northern California, each time to be closer to family. Eventually, they returned to Zeeland.
She is preceded in death by her brothers, Preston, Jerome and Gerald and her sister Hazel Koning, as well as by her husband, Rodger (Pete) Le Poire and her youngest
daughter’s first husband, Graham Molineux.
She is survived by her three children, Robert (Bob) Allen LePoire, and his spouse Debbie, Brenda Kay (Le Poire) Redner and her spouse Richard Redner, and Beth Ann (Le Poire) Molineux and her spouse Andrew DeLaTorre. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Matthew Robert Le Poire and his wife, Amanda, Ashley Elizabeth (Le Poire) Williams, and her husband Casey Williams, Ryan Nathaniel Redner and his wife Kathryn, Andrew Russell Redner and his wife Ali, Christopher Bradley Redner and his wife Breanna, Katherine Brianna (Redner) Anderson and her husband, Ryan, Huw Molineux, Jake Molineux, and Rachel Molineux; and her great-grandchildren, Benjamin Matthew Le Poire, Samuel Robert Le Poire, Henry James Williams, Cody Andrew Williams, Adelyn Elisabeth Redner, Caleb Harrison Redner, Ellie Jade Redner, Ezrie Maeve Redner, Raelie Autumn Redner, and Storie Lynnix Redner.
The family wishes to express its tremendous gratitude for the wonderful support and care Berdena received from Royal Atrium Inn in Zeeland and the Oaks at Jamestown in Hudsonville. We also wish to thank several health care workers who lived nearby and would visit Berdena regularly and even bring their children: Andrew, Andy, Robilynn, Anders, and Dr. Dirk Schrotenboer.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 5, 2026, at First Reformed Church, 148 E. Central Ave. Zeeland. Burial will be in Zeeland Cemetery. Visiting will be from 10:00 – 10:45 am prior to the service at church.
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