Betty Lou Smith, 95, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 6:15 am, Monday, November 26, 2018 at Bickford Cottage in Wabash. She was born September 5, 1923 in Wabash, to Lewis and Pearl (Ulshafer) Knee.
Betty was a 1941 graduate of Somerset High School. She married James R. “Jim” Smith in Wabash County, on August 9, 1942; he died October 10, 2015. She was the secretary at the Treaty Church of Christ several years, and also worked at Honeywell, Inc. Betty was a member of Wabash Church of Christ and had also attended Treaty Church of Christ 85 years. She co-organized and wrote books on the J.A.M. Children’s Program, and worked with the program 45 years. She was also a member of the Tri-Township Home Ec Club.
She is survived by two daughters, Shirley A. Long and Linda (Michael) Tilley, both of Wabash, son-in-law Glen Graham of Prairie View, Kansas; ten grandchildren, Marcie (George) Thurston of Peru, Indiana, Raymond (Ed) Smith of Belvidere, Illinois, David Long of Wabash, Doug (Jennifer) Graham of Covington, Kentucky, Laura (Lonnie) Jansonius of Prairie View, Susan (Steve) Smith of Ellis, Kansas, Jim (Gloria) Winget Thomas Winget, and Robert (Elizabeth) Winget, all of Wabash, and Michael (Jeanine) Tilley of Peru, 25 great grandchildren, 16 great great grandchildren, sister, Ellen Bergstable of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and brother, Richard Knee of Evansville, Indiana. She was also preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Connie Graham, son-in-law, Richard Long, and two brothers, Max Knee, and Dean Wolfal.
Funeral services will be 10:00 am Saturday, December 1, 2018 at Wabash Church of Christ, 1904 N. Wabash Street, Wabash, with Josh Fennell officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 2-7pm Friday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash.
Preferred memorial is Wabash Church of Christ.
The memorial guest book for Betty may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.