HARTFORD CITY
Betty J. Hoss, 68, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 at
I. U. Health Blackford Hospital after a short and courageous battle with
cancer.
Betty was born June 12, 1945 in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter
of W. D. Howard, Sr. and Martha (Bragg) Howard. She grew up in Upland
graduating from Jefferson Township High School in 1963. She married William
Hoss, Sr. on April 15, 1977 in Grant County.
She worked for Community & Family Services, was site
manager for Area 6 Meals on Wheels and was social services director at Miller’s
Merry Manor, Hartford City. Betty had also been a Girl Scout Leader when her
girls were young.
She is survived by children, Richael (Charles) Warner
Atkinson, Hartford City, Rhonda (Carey) Crawford, Hartford City and Rita
(Randy) Cook, Keystone; step-daughters, Shelly Lester, Marion, and Lisa Evans,
Gas City; step-son, William Hoss, Jr., Alexandria; brothers, Doug (Ruth)
Howard, Upland and Tom Howard, Upland; sister-in-law, Pennie (Ed) Abels,
Coldwater, OH; 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and her furry canine
companions, Cuddles and Chloe.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband in
2001.
A funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. February, 12, 2014
in Waters Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington St. Hartford City with Rev. Bobby
Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Brookside Cemetery, Montpelier.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 12 from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Online condolences
may be sent to the family at: www.watersfuneralhomes.com.