Betty J. Staley

Betty J. Sta­ley, age 87, of Mount Gilead, died peace­fully Tues­day after­noon, Octo­ber 23, 2012, at the Mor­row Manor Care Cen­ter in Chesterville.

On June 17, 1925, Betty was born in Wake­man, Ohio, the daugh­ter of the late Bryan and Edna Rose (Fer­gu­son) Tay­lor. She was raised in Delaware County, where she grad­u­ated from Ash­ley High School in the Class of 1942. She still enjoyed attend­ing her class reunions, recently going to her 69th reunion.

Shortly after grad­u­at­ing, Betty eloped to marry Albert ‘Buck’ Sta­ley in Maysville, Ken­tucky, on June 22, 1945. They shared over forty five years of mar­riage, and he pre­ceded her in death on March 11, 1991.

For sev­eral years, Betty worked as a clerk for Taylor‚s Mar­ket in down­town Mount Gilead until it closed. Later, she worked as an aid at the Chester­ville Con­va­les­cent Home, which would become Mor­row Manor Nurs­ing Home, car­ing for their res­i­dents until she retired in 1981.

An avid crafter, Betty would make crafts all year long to take to craft shows, going to six to seven shows a year, where she would set up her ‘Betty’s Crafts’ dis­plays. She made all kinds of lit­tle gifts, many of them hav­ing flow­ers in them.

A woman of faith, Betty was a mem­ber of the Har­mony Chapel United Methodist Church. She also had been a mem­ber of the Rose Twig Club, vol­un­teer­ing for Mor­row County Hospital.

Snow­birds, Betty and Buck enjoyed win­ter­ing in Frost­proof, Florida, where they loved fish­ing and spend­ing time with fam­ily and friends.

Extremely inde­pen­dent, Betty most enjoyed being in her home where she had lived the past 67 years, where for many years she enjoyed tend­ing to her flower gar­den. She also enjoyed work­ing cross­word puz­zles with her „adopted son‰, Jesse.

She will be missed by her daugh­ter, Sandy (Duane) Creasap; a daughter-in-law, Annette Sta­ley, both of Mount Gilead; four grand­chil­dren: Dale Creasap of Card­ing­ton, Beth (Scott) Mar­tin of Edi­son, Gary (Heather) Sta­ley Jr. of Urbana, and Brian (Dusten) Sta­ley of Ten­nessee; six great grand­chil­dren: Dustin and Ryan Creasap, Zachary and Alyssa Mar­tin, Parker and Tilman Sta­ley; three great-grandchildren: Bryce, Shelby and Riley Creasap; spe­cial friends: Jesse Brown and Carol Had­burg; and numer­ous nieces and nephews.

Includ­ing her hus­band and par­ents, Betty was pre­ceded in death by her son, Gary Sta­ley in 2002; two sis­ters: Mona Flem­ing and Mable Sears; and a brother, Delno Taylor.

The Sta­ley fam­ily will greet friends from 5 — 7 p.m. on Fri­day, Octo­ber 27, 2012, at the Sny­der Funeral Home, Craven Chapel, 67 N. Main St., Mount Gilead. Ser­vices hon­or­ing her life will be held on Sat­ur­day at 11:00 a.m. in Maple Grove Ceme­tery in Chesterville.Memorial con­tri­bu­tions may be made to the Har­mony Chapel United Methodist Church and they may be sent to the care of the funeral home.

Sny­der Funeral Homes of Mount Gilead is hon­ored to have been cho­sen to serve Betty’s fam­ily and your pri­vate con­do­lences may be expressed to them by vis­it­ing www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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