Hartford City
Betty Rae Crist, 85, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at
her home.
She was born in Covington, Kentucky on July 17, 1928 to
Emery Ray and May (Elmer) Plummer. She grew up in Indianapolis and graduated
from Shortridge High School in 1944. Betty married John W. Crist in Blackford
County on July 17, 1948.
Betty was a member of Omega Nu Tau Sorority, Blackford
Country Club and Matthews Community Church.
Survivors include a brother, John H. (Judy) Plummer,
Unionville, Indiana, a niece, Betty J. (Kenneth) Whitlow, Indianapolis, a
great-niece, Teri Langley, nephews, Tony Plummer, Jim, Danny, Larry and Donnie
Pierson, step-children, Sandra (Michael) Collins, Hartford City and Patricia
(Jack) Bergdoll, Royerton, step-grandchildren, Tammy Rea, Julie Lemons, Barry
Bergdoll, Bill Hayworth, Lisa Niemin and Brian Frost.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John,
on March 9, 1991, a sister, Ruth Pierson, a half-sister, Mary Jane Leathers,
two nephews, Marc Whitlow and John H. Plummer II and a step-grandson, Bret
Bergdoll.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Sunday, April 6 in Waters
Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington St., Hartford City with Rev. Lloyd Hall
officiating. Entombment will follow in the Crist family mausoleum at Elizabethtown
Cemetery, Delaware County.
Visitation will be Saturday, April 5 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.
and Sunday one hour prior to the service.
Memorials are requested to Children’s Wish Foundation International,
P.O. Box 28785, Atlanta, Georgia 30358.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at:
www.watersfuneralhomes.com.
