Betty Gaton Tiu Meyers, age 61, of Warsaw, died surrounded by the prayers of her loving family the evening of Nov. 19, 2024. She had received the Sacraments of the Catholic Church, entrusting her soul to the infinite divine mercy of Jesus Christ.
Betty was born to Vicente Enting and Soledad Gaton Tiu on Oct. 31, 1963, in their home in Manila, Philippines, the youngest of four children. She attended Our Lady of Grace Academy in Caloocan City and delighted in accompanying her father on business trips across the island. With her brother Edward, Betty architecturally designed a new family home. She was honored to care for her father throughout his final illness. After his death, she worked as a professorial assistant and finished her studies at La Consolacion College, majoring in economics, for a Bachelor of Science in Commerce.
Within the next year, Beth, as she was nicknamed, received many correspondences from pen pals across the world. A simple introductory letter and picture from Al Meyers of Columbus, Ohio, captivated her; she told her mother immediately he was the man she would marry. In November of 1987, he visited the Philippines to meet her. Alan Donald and Betty Tiu Meyers were civilly married in Manila on Nov. 14, 1988. She was granted immigration to the United States to be with him in October of 1989 and became a citizen.
In Michigan, Beth studied dental assistance and then assisted dentist and patients chairside for a few years. Al then launched his own moving business with her assistance, through which they visited all forty-eight contiguous states and Canada moving family furniture with his semi-truck. Desiring to grow their family, Al and Beth found a home outside of Warsaw, Indiana. She was an assistant in Kosciusko County Courthouse. In April of 1998, Alan entered the Catholic Church, and they were married at Sacred Heart. The next year, they welcomed their first child, Karissa Ann Meyers.
Betty provided child care as a business in her home for several years. She then also began work as a cake decorator at the Warsaw Walmart. In 2004, the family welcomed the birth of Michael Anthony Meyers, who died the same day. By the end of the next year was born their third child, Caleb Vincent Meyers. At home, Beth enjoyed cooking, gardening vegetables and roses, keeping fish, sewing, scrapbooking, drawing and painting. From 2011 to 2019, she was a cook at Warsaw Community High School. Beth enjoyed volunteering at Warsaw Community Public Library with her son, Caleb. She prayed the Holy Rosary daily and treasured visits to the Blessed Sacrament, especially for Holy Mass and Benediction. She had the joy of witnessing her daughter Karissa’s investiture and oblation at Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma.
The Meyers Family welcomes visitation at Titus Funeral Home, 2000 Sheridan St., Warsaw, on Wednesday, Dec. 4 from 3 to 6 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 5 from 3 to 7 p.m., with the recitation of the Holy Rosary at 6:30 p.m. Visitation will also precede her funeral Mass at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, with the Eucharistic Liturgy offered at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 125 N. Harrison St., Warsaw. Christian burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, 421 N. Maple Ave., Warsaw. It is custom to wear black or dark colors, if possible, to a Catholic funeral; please dress modestly (dresses or skirts below the knee or slacks) out of respect for the church as a sacred place. All are invited.
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