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Betty Whitcomb Obituary

Betty Joyce Whitcomb took her journey to heaven on January 30, 2022 at the tender age of 91 in the loving care of the Ohio Living Sarah Moore Nursing Facility and Capital City Hospice in Delaware Ohio. She was born in Dayton, Ohio June 5, 1930, to Kenneth and Esther Niedhamer. They moved to Indianapolis where she met and lived with her husband James E. Whitcomb for 51 years. She is survived by three children, Patty Whitcomb Paeplow (Ron), Susan Whitcomb Smith (Joe), and Kenneth Whitcomb (Tina), six grandchildren and 5 Great Grandchildren. Visitation and Funeral Service will be held at the Gothic Chapel at Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery, 700 W. 38th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. We will gather on Saturday, February 5, 2022 from 12-Noon to 1:00 for visitation, with her service to follow at 1:00, Interment will follow her service. Guests will be required to wear a mask in the cemetery chapel. In lieu of flowers, her family asks a contribution be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 911 E.86th St., #100, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46240. Schoedinger North Funeral Home entrusted with services. Please visit www.schoedinger.com to send messages of support to her family.

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Published by Lawrence Journal-World on Feb. 3, 2022.

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Kimberly Bigler

February 4, 2022

So Sorry for your loss. Betty was a wonderful lady, so glad I got to spend time with her an get to know her. We would just sit an laugh in the dining rooms. We would talk about different foods! Different things in life. She loved to tell me lots of stories. She sure is missed for sure.
(Cook) at Ohio Living Sarah Moore!

Gorjie Christian-Colwell

February 4, 2022

Betty was so special to us at Sarah Moore I enjoyed our conversations when she came down to the desk, I am sorry for your loss, she will be missed.

Mary Metzger

February 3, 2022

I so enjoyed conversations with Betty, she will missed, I am thankful that I was able to care for her

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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery

700 W, Indianapolis, IN 46208

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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery

700 W, Indianapolis, IN 46208

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