Betty Joyce Schaaf, 86, died at 4:15 a.m. Oct. 13, 2011, in Mason Health Care and Rehabilitation, Warsaw.
She was born Nov. 6, 1924, in Sycamore, Ill., to Carl Albert and Hazel Anna Nelson Nelson. On Oct. 11, 1962, she married Merl Schaaf, who died in November 1975.
A Kosciusko County resident since 1950, moving from Illinois, she worked at R.R. Donnelley and Sons Inc., and Kimble Glass prior to Donnelley’s. She attended Dutchtown Brethren Church, Warsaw.
Surviving are a daughter, June (and spouse Monte) Reece, Warsaw; two sisters, Vera Worden, Sycamore, Ill, and Inez Sanders, Dekalb, Ill.; eight grandchildren: Deborah Daughtery, Westfield; Carl (and spouse Denyse) May, Winona Lake; Kelly (and spouse Todd) Earl, Warsaw; Pamela Smith, New Haven; Jenny Parnin, Fort Wayne; Tom (and spouse Krista) Parnin, Appleton, Wis.; Mark (and spouse Lisa) Parnin, San Antonio, Texas; and Timothy Parnin, Fort Wayne; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Joyce Parnin, who died Nov. 19, 1989; three sisters, Doris Hoppe, Barbara Blake and Marie Smith; and a brother, Morris Nelson.
A private family burial has been planned in Leesburg Cemetery.
No calling is planned.
Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.
***** Memorials may be made to Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice, P.O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46581-1196; or the food pantry of your choice.
