Betty J. Bilodeau
Betty J. Bilodeau, 91, Wabash, died at 11:44 a.m., Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, at Wellbrooke of Wabash. She was born July 5, 1929, in Peru, to William Henry and Sarah Elizabeth (Stephenson) Williams.
Betty was a 1949 graduate of Peru High School. She married Frederick William Bilodeau in Wabash on June 29, 1974; he died Jan. 5, 2001. She worked at General Tire in Wabash 31 years retiring in 1980. Betty was a member of Bachelor Creek Chruch of Christ, and loved attending church. She enjoyed reading, and walking with her husband. Betty also enjoyed the entertainment at Wellbrooke and attending her grandchildren’s ballgames.
She is survived by three children, Dan (Kathy) Bilodeau of Kokomo; Bonnie Baber of Rochester; and Sandy (Mike) Chester of Wabash; six grandchildren, Kim (Rick) Driscoll and Teri (Hugh) Kendall, both of Wabash, Trudy (Lance) Coler of Westfield, Julie (Jeff) Hirons of Hamilton, Matt (Tracy) Bilodeau of Fort Wayne, and Mark (Wanda) Bilodeau of Kokomo, 13 great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, five sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Ryan Keim officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Due to COVID-19, the family requests facial coverings be worn.
Preferred memorial is Bachelor Creek Church of Christ.