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Hess, Betty Jane

Birth Name Hess, Betty Jane
Gramps ID I3988
Gender female
Age at Death 58 years, 8 months, 10 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1928-12-12 Poe, Marion Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a 2a
Census 1930 Lafayette Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1940 Lafayette Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Death 1987-08-22 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
 
Burial   Glenwood Cemetery, Roanoke, Jackson Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Hess, Garrett [I3981]1898-07-171930-08-24
Mother Smith, Mabel Justine [I3980]1896-07-181976-02-14
    Sister     Hess, Mary Alice [I3983]
    Sister     Hess, Arnola Mae [I3984] 1922-05-15 2000-12-09
    Brother     Hess, George [I3985] 1923 1984
    Sister     Hess, Bertha J. [I3986]
    Sister     Hess, Elsie Mae [I3987]
         Hess, Betty Jane [I3988] 1928-12-12 1987-08-22
    Brother     Hess, Carl Eugene [I3989]

Families

    Family of Mendenhall, Jonathan Phil and Hess, Betty Jane [F1800]
Married Husband Mendenhall, Jonathan Phil [I5577] ( * 1924-05-03 + 2000-01-28 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1947-12-12 Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Mendenhall, James Eugene [I5578]
Mendenhall, Dale Edwin [I5579]
Mendenhall, Rex [I5580]
Mendenhall, Don H. [I5582]
Mendenhall, Mary [I5583]
Mendenhall, Carl [I5581]1961-10-191998-07-27

Media

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Narrative

[Obituary for Betty Mendenhall, paper unknown but presumed to be the Huntington Herald-Press; clipping from the files of Jane Anne Thomas.]

Betty J. Mendenhall, 58, 252 S. Main St., Roanoke, died at 8:06 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 22, 1987) at St. Joseph Medical Center, Fort Wayne. She had been ill about four weeks.

Mrs. Mendenhall had worked in the flea market business for about five years. She had attended the First Brethren Church, Roanoke.

She was born Dec. 12, 1928, in Poe, to Garrett and Mabel Smith Hess. Her marriage was on Dec. 12, 1947, in Yoder, to John P. Mendenhall. Her husband survives.

Additional survivors include her stepfather, Philemon Millington, Bluffton; five sons, Jim Mendenhall, Fort Wayne, Dale Mendenhall, Ceres, Calif., Rex Mendenhall, Roanoke, Carl Mendenhall, Roanoke, and Don Mendenhall, Roanoke; a daughter, Mrs. Harry (Mary) Irons, Ocala, Fla.; three sisters, Mary Schlaudraff, Fort Wayne, Elsie Scott, Fort Wayne, and Arnola Thorn, Roanoke; a brother, Carl Hess, Yoder; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Bert Davis, and a brother, George Hess.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Schafer Memorial Chapel, Roanoke. Services will be held there at 1 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. James Sluss officiating. Burial will be in the Glenwood Cemetery, Roanoke.

Preferred memorials are contributions to the Allen County Cancer Society.

Pedigree

  1. Hess, Garrett [I3981]
    1. Smith, Mabel Justine [I3980]
      1. Hess, Mary Alice [I3983]
      2. Hess, Bertha J. [I3986]
      3. Hess, Elsie Mae [I3987]
      4. Hess, Carl Eugene [I3989]
      5. Hess, Arnola Mae [I3984]
      6. Hess, George [I3985]
      7. Hess, Betty Jane
        1. Mendenhall, Jonathan Phil [I5577]
          1. Mendenhall, James Eugene [I5578]
          2. Mendenhall, Dale Edwin [I5579]
          3. Mendenhall, Carl [I5581]
          4. Mendenhall, Don H. [I5582]
          5. Mendenhall, Rex [I5580]
          6. Mendenhall, Mary [I5583]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007 [S0302]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX29-3J6 : accessed 24 January 2016), Jonathan Phil Mendenhall and Betty Jane Hess, 1947.

  2. US Social Security Death Index [S0098]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1ZS-Y6T : accessed 24 January 2016), Betty Jane Mendenhall, Aug 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

  3. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X41L-8RX : accessed 28 December 2014), George H Smith, Lafayette, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0058, sheet 1B, family 17, line 62, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 576; FHL microfilm 2,340,311.

        Event Year: 1930
        Event Place: Lafayette, Allen, Indiana, United States
        George H Smith Head M 55 Indiana
        Mary E Smith Wife F 55 Indiana
        Howard R Smith Son M 18 Indiana
        John Smith Son M 14 Indiana
        Garrett Hess Son-in-law M 32 Indiana
        Mabel Hess Daughter F 31 Indiana
        Mary H Hess Granddaughter F 9 Indiana
        Arnold Hess Grandson M 7 Indiana
        George Hess Grandson M 6 Indiana
        Bertha Hess Granddaughter F 4 Indiana
        Elsie Hess Granddaughter F 3 Indiana
        Betty J Hess Granddaughter F 1 Indiana

  4. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V1RS-29J : accessed 28 December 2014), George H Smith, Zanesville, Lafayette Township, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-10, sheet 4B, family 84, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1025, NARA digital publication of T627, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

        Event Date: 1940
        Event Place: Zanesville, Lafayette Township, Allen, Indiana, United States
        George H Smith Head M 65 Indiana
        Mary E Smith Wife F 65 Indiana
        Mary Alice Hess Granddaughter F 19 Indiana
        Arnola M Hess Granddaughter F 17 Indiana
        Georage J Hess Grandson M 16 Indiana
        Bertha Hess Granddaughter F 14 Indiana
        Elsa M Hess Granddaughter F 13 Indiana
        Betty Hess Granddaughter F 11 Indiana
        Carl E Hess Grandson M 9 Indiana
        Fred Adams Lodger M 21 Indiana