Bette Lou Boyer, 85, of rural Wabash, Indiana, died at 12:20 pm, Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at her home. She was born on July 31, 1936, in Wabash, to Walter and Edith (Aukschun) Horner.
Bette was a 1954 graduate of Wabash High School. She worked at General Telephone Company for seven years as an operator; she then worked at Kmart in Wabash retiring after 23 years. Bette married Charles Boyer in Rochester, Indiana on November 2, 1956. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Wabash. Bette enjoyed cross stitching, working in her yard, flower gardening, sitting on her porch swing, and especially enjoyed watching Days of Our Lives and old westerns.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Boyer of Wabash, four children, Teresa (Jim) Cummings of Yorktown, Indiana, Carla (Phil) Draper, Brian (Renee) Boyer, and Patty (Robby) Terrel all of Wabash, nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Elsie Strickler and Mary (Ed) Carpenter, and sister-in-law, Colleen Horner, all of Wabash. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Nevin Horner, and three sisters, Evelyn Lester, Juanita Horner, and Colleen Weesner.
Funeral services will be private at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Tom Richards officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash.
Preferred memorial is American Diabetes Association.
The memorial guest book for Bette may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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