Residence: Monticello, Indiana
Died: Monday, February 22, 2010
Location: 7:15 a.m. at the Monitcello Assisted Living and Healthcare Center of Monticello, Indiana
 
 
Age: 86
Date of Birth: Wednesday, August 15, 1923
Birth place:

 

 
Father: Walter Whistler
 
Mother: Gladys Davis
 
Marital Status: Married
Resided in: Monticello, Indiana, community since 1956, coming from Rensselaer, Indiana.
Funeral Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Funeral Location: 2:00 p.m. at the Boswell Free Methodist Church 402 S. Old Hwy 41 Boswell, Indiana 47921
Clergy: Nephew Kenneth Larson
Burial will take place:
In the Boswell Cemetery in Boswell, Indiana
Visitation will be:
5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home in Monticello, Indiana and 12:00 (noon) until the time of services at the Boswell Free Methodist Church in Boswell, Indiana
Biographical Information:
Betty was a 1941 graduate of the the Boswell High School and was valedictorian of her class. She was the first meter maid for the Monticello Police Department. Betty had worked at the Monticello City Clerks office for several years. She had waited tables at the old Conrad's Sportsman Inn for many years as a part-time job. Betty retired as the Office Manager at the Hubbards GM Center working there for 16 years. Betty was always very active in the Methodist Church in Monticello and was in the Mary Martha Circle at the church. She was a member of the Francesville Order of Eastern Star. Betty loved sewing and cooking. She was an excellent seamstress. Betty would host many family get togethers with all of her wonderful cooking. James and Betty were crowned King and Queen at the Monticello Assisted Living and Healthcare Center in 2009. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grand mother.
Special Services:
Memorial Information: May be given to the Indiana United Methodist Children's Home, P.O. Box 747, Lebanon, IN 46052, or to the Monticello United Methodist Church. Envelopes will be available at funeral home and the church.
Marriage Information: On November 21, 1941 in Pine Village, Indiana she married James Smiley. He survives.
Survivors include:
Husband,James Smiley of Monticello, Indiana;Daughters,Judy (husband Larry) Wooldridge of Monticello, Indiana,Peggy (husband Don) Crose of Lafayette, Indiana;Son,Lynn (wife Wanda) Smiley of Monticello, Indiana;Six (6) Grandchildren and Ten (10) Great-Grandchildren;Sisters,Mary Foster of Boswell, Indiana,Phyllis Larson of Boswell, Indiana;Numerous Nieces, Nephews, Great Nieces, and Great Nephews.
Preceded in Death:
Parents,Walter & Gladys Whistler;Sister,Louise Lee,Infant Martha Whistler;Brothers,Lloyd, Charles, Jim, Dale, Edgar, and John Whistler;
Arrangements by:
Miller-Roscka Funeral Home