Betty J. Van ScoikBetty Jean Barth Van Scoik, 92, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born Jan. 21, 1931, in Warsaw, to Ernest and Vivian Chupp Barth.
On Dec. 11, 1948, she married Paul Van Scoik in Edwardsburg, Mich. He died in April of 2007.
Betty is survived by two sons, Bud (Claudia) Van Scoik, of Akron; and David (Cathy) Van Scoik, of Leesburg; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and one sister Wilma (James) Tobey.
Along with her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Suzan Elaine Van Scoik; two sisters and five brothers.
Betty moved to Warsaw in 1998 from Edwardsburg, Mich. Betty and Paul started many factories including Bee-Line Travel Trailers, Road King Travel Trailers and Work King Gardens Tractors. As a break from the factories, they opened Paul’s Used Cars in Elkhart.
Betty was an active member of the Iron Horsemen Motorcycle Club for 50 years and an avid bowler of many different leagues.
Visitation will be Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 9 until the 11 a.m. funeral service at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home. Rev. Rick Blumenburg will officiate. Burial will follow at Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart.
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