Lainie Paul, owner of Brockway Pub and Danny Boy, dies after battle with cancer

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About 15 years ago, Lainie K. Paul was diagnosed with breast cancer. But she fought it. She fought it hard.

Ever since that diagnosis, Lainie vowed to make her days worthwhile, her husband Kevin Paul said. Since that time, she helped her husband grow his local company Blue Horseshoe from five employees in 2001 to more than 180 nowadays. Together they opened their restaurant Brockway Public House in 2007 and Danny Boy Beer Works this year.

Lainie died on Friday, March 6 at the age of 44.

“Her drive to realize dreams instead of shutting down was just incredible,” Kevin Paul said. “She was told she wouldn’t be able to do certain things but she fought and she proved people wrong.”

Kevin first met her in Michigan in 1992. He was going to college and she was back home visiting. Kevin said he joked on their first date that he was going to marry her. It happened and she later gave birth to a son, Brock Boyer Paul, now 15.

After her cancer diagnosis, she was told she would not be able to have any other children, but she proved doctors wrong and gave birth to second son, Leyton Anthony Paul, now 10.

They made their home together in Carmel, first renting and then buying a home in the Village of West Clay, a community they became so involved in that they decided to turn their Danny Boy brewery into a full-fledged eatery located in the heart of West Clay.

Although she worked in many fields throughout her life, Kevin said Lainie loved to take care of people at Brockway. She loved how serving a meal seemed to bring people together.

“Her favorite thing was to do wedding receptions, wakes, birthdays, family get-togethers,” Kevin said. “Because she recognized that people make memories at these events and she enjoyed being part of the fabric of the community.”

Lainie was a member of Carmel United Methodist Church and an avid supporter of the Carmel Fire Department.

She graduated from Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne, where she was a member of the baseball and volleyball teams all four years.

Lainie is also survived by her mother, Sandra Lee Smith; father, Gilbert Ross Smith; Step Mother Cindy Smith; brother, Jeff Smith; sister, Sena Kleinbrink; in-laws, Susan and Dennis Paul; brother-in-law, Kristopher and Andrea Paul; sister-in-law, Karleigh and Alan Ziehm; nieces and nephews, Trevor and Tara Ziehm and Avery and Kallen Paul.

A funeral service will be held at noon at Carmel United Methodist Church on Thursday, March 12, where family and friends are invited to gather from  11 a.m. until the time of the service.  Following the service, a wake will be held at the Brockway Pub beginning at 1:30 pm.

Lainie was preceded in death by grandparents Lee and Jean Boyer of Coldwater, MI and Tom and Helen Smith of Hillsdale, MI.

A Memorial can be found on-line. Visit flannerbuchanan.com to sign the online guest register.  Arrangements entrusted to Flanner and Buchanan-Carmel.


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