NORTH MANCHESTER - Violet M. Betten, 83, of North Manchester, died at 11:20 a.m. Sept. 24, 2008, in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.
She was born June 18, 1925, in Kosciusko County, to Ray and May Brandenburg Walgamuth. On Jan. 4, 1947, she married Omer D. Betten, who died Nov. 11, 1999.
She was a homemaker and worked at the former Brake Lining Factory, North Manchester. She was a member of Liberty Mills United Methodist Church and a 1944 Chester High School graduate.
Surviving are a brother, Robert Walgamuth, South Whitley; and two sisters, Patsy (and spouse James) Rittenhouse, New Haven, and Doris Newman, Waynedale.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary, North Manchester, with Pastor Gregory Bradford officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester.
Calling is from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
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Memorials to Liberty Mills United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1, Liberty Mills, IN 46946.
