MENTONE — Betty A. Thornton, 87, Mentone, formerly of Rochester, died at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at her daughter’s residence in Mentone.
She was born Jan. 6, 1930, in Warsaw, to Virgil and Mabel Louise Franks Cook.
Her first marriage was to Paul Wiard. On Sept. 26, 1964, she married Elmer “Bud” Thornton, who died April 18, 2009.
She was a 1948 graduate of Warsaw High School.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, with calling one hour prior, at King Memorial Home, 101 N. Tucker St., Mentone. Pastor Rick Johnson will officiate, and burial will be in Citizens Cemetery, Rochester.
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Memorials to Betty’s family.
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