HARTFORD CITY, INDIANA
Betty L. Renner, 91, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013 at
Hoosier Village, Indianapolis
She was born January 16, 1922 in Boise, Idaho, the daughter
of Bernard and Wave (Mason) Baughman. She moved to Ligonier, Indiana, at the
age of 2 and graduated from Ligonier High School in 1940. She married Robert W.
Renner in Ligonier on October 22, 1944.
A homemaker, Betty served in the Women’s Army Corp in WW II.
She moved to Hartford City in 1959 after residing in South Bend and Muncie.
Betty was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and was
a district officer of Wapahani Girl Scout Council and a Girl Scout Leader for
20 years. She was an honorary member of both Psi Iota Xi Sorority and Research
Club and a member of American Legion Post 159.
Surviving are: her husband, Robert; three daughters, Rebecca
Renner, Hartford City, Barbara (Norman) Schmidt, Indianapolis, and Beverly
(Jeffrey) Green, Fishers; a daughter-in-law, Nancy Renner, Montpelier; two
sisters, Marilyn Goudy, Angola and Mary Jo Fereday, Tacoma, Washington; six
grandchildren, Amanda (Shawn) Lee, Keith (Lisa) Renner, Jennifer (Ken) Hovis,
Jason Schmidt, Kelsey Green and Sarah Green and eight great-grandchildren.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, her son, Robert
Jr., and a brother, Bernard Baughman Jr.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday,
April 17 in Waters Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington St. Hartford City with Rev.
Lloyd Hall officiating. Entombment will follow in Gardens of Memory Mausoleum,
Muncie, with military rites by Delaware County Veterans Organization.
Friends may call at Waters Funeral Home from 3 – 7 p.m.
Tuesday and after 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The family requests memorials to Grace United Methodist
Church, P.O Box 466, Hartford City or Blackford County Community Foundation,
P.O Box 327, Hartford City, IN 47348.
Online
condolences may be sent to the family at: www.watersfuneralhomes.com.
