Betty Louise Mattern, 93, of Haines City, Florida, died at 7:10 pm, Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Copper Trace in Westfield, Indiana. She was born August 3, 1926 in Wabash County, Indiana to Lloyd and Margaret (Dyson) Niccum.
Betty was a graduate of Chippewa High School. She married Carl Mattern, Jr. in Wabash, Indiana on December 3, 1966, he died September 18, 1996. She was a homemaker and also worked at Wabash Alloys. Betty was a member of Phi-Delta-Kappa Fraternity, and was a past National Sweetheart in 1989. She was a former member of the Bachelor Creek Church of Christ. Betty enjoyed playing cards, crafts, crocheting, and was very artistic. She was a longtime Wabash County resident, and lived in Florida since 1994.
She is survived by her four children, Pamela (Ron) Reynolds and Raymond (Marianne) Wolf, both of Haines City, Florida, Jay (MaryLee) Mattern of Walkerton, Indiana, and Todd (Margo) Mattern of Carmel, Indiana, nine grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, and one great great grandson. She was also preceded in death by her parents, brother, Robert Niccum, and her sister, Mary Yocum.
Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Kent Harting and Andrew Hartley officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 9:30-11:00 am Saturday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is American Heart Association.
The memorial guest book for Betty may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.