Betty Wharry: Obituary

Betty Wharry

January 17, 1923 – January 24, 2019

Mrs. Betty Ruth Wharry, age 96, of Dahlonega, formerly of Nashville, Illinois, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2019.

Mrs. Wharry was born in Thompsonville, Illinois on January 17, 1923 to the late Fred and Daisy Pritchard Read.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Orley H. Wharry, sisters Hazel Ellwell, Zella Read, Lorraine Kachelhoffer, and Vivian Read, and brother Bud Read.  Mrs. Wharry was a member of First Baptist Church Nashville, Illinois.  She had worked as a nurse’s aid and in medical records at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Highland, Illinois.  Mrs. Wharry was a loving mother and grandmother.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law Elizabeth Joan and Jim Brown, Arlington, TX; son and daughter-in-law Bruce and Mary Ellen Wharry, Dahlonega; sister Wilma Plumley, Pinckneyville, Illinois; grandchildren Jay and Ashley Brown, Houston, TX; Jon and Kristin Willette, Lavonia; Joseph and Tiffany Brown, Argyle, TX; Chris and Brenda Wharry, Spring, TX; Janelle and Craig Drenowatz, Frisco, TX; and Rebecca and Denise O’Gara, Brownsburg, IN; great-grandchildren Ashlyn, Kiersten, Ethan, Kennedy, Jaden, David, Braden, Briana, Ainsley, Titus, Jude, Layla and Lily; several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at the chapel of Styninger Funeral Home in Nashville, Illinois.  The Rev. Scott Sharp will officiate.  Interment will follow in the Masonic Cemetery in Nashville, Illinois.  The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until the funeral hour on Wednesday at Styninger Funeral Home.

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Anderson-Underwood Funeral Home of Dahlonega, formerly Banister Funeral Home