Betty Jean (Harris) Cole, 90, a former longtime Mooresville resident, passed away on July 8, 2021. Mrs. Cole was born on January 9, 1931 in Russell Springs, KY to the late March and Naomia (McDonald) Harris.
Betty was raised on the family farm in Kentucky. In the 1940s, the family relocated to Stockwell, IN. She met and married her husband Bill in Lafayette in 1952. Betty and Bill moved to Mooresville in 1956. They remained in the Mooresville/Plainfield area and raised three children. Betty completed cosmetology school while Bill completed his degree at Purdue. She operated a beauty shop on Clay Street in Mooresville for many years and carried her scissors at all times. Betty was a strong, talented woman who gardened both flowers and vegetables to feed the family. Canning and freezing vegetables was an annual summer activity. Betty's kitchen table was the gathering place of family and friends. You never left it hungry. She remodeled the house when necessary, mowed the "5 acres" and shuttled kids to after school activities. Betty was a reader, bird watcher and a sewing crafter. All of the kids and grandkids received crocheted and quilted blankets from Grandma Betty. There were many children who had leaf collections for school from Betty Cole's yard. Later in life, she picked up painting and she was good at it too. Betty Cole was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. All of those titles meant the world to her.
The family gives thanks for caregivers in Plainfield and North Woods Village and Eleos Hospice Care staff in Ft. Wayne, who provided so much love and support during Betty's final years.
In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by her husband of more than 50 years, William R. "Bill" Cole; son, Scott W. Cole; and brother, John Harris.
Survivors include three children; three grandchildren; one great-grandson; three brothers; three sisters; one brother-in-law; one sister-in-law,; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Betty Cole's life celebration and visitation will be held on Sunday, July 11, 2021 from 1 to 3 PM at Carlisle–Branson Funeral Service & Crematory in Mooresville. A graveside service will follow at 3:30 PM on Sunday at White Lick Cemetery.
Betty was raised on the family farm in Kentucky. In the 1940s, the family relocated to Stockwell, IN. She met and married her husband Bill in Lafayette in 1952. Betty and Bill moved to Mooresville in 1956. They remained in the Mooresville/Plainfield area and raised three children. Betty completed cosmetology school while Bill completed his degree at Purdue. She operated a beauty shop on Clay Street in Mooresville for many years and carried her scissors at all times. Betty was a strong, talented woman who gardened both flowers and vegetables to feed the family. Canning and freezing vegetables was an annual summer activity. Betty's kitchen table was the gathering place of family and friends. You never left it hungry. She remodeled the house when necessary, mowed the "5 acres" and shuttled kids to after school activities. Betty was a reader, bird watcher and a sewing crafter. All of the kids and grandkids received crocheted and quilted blankets from Grandma Betty. There were many children who had leaf collections for school from Betty Cole's yard. Later in life, she picked up painting and she was good at it too. Betty Cole was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. All of those titles meant the world to her.
The family gives thanks for caregivers in Plainfield and North Woods Village and Eleos Hospice Care staff in Ft. Wayne, who provided so much love and support during Betty's final years.
In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by her husband of more than 50 years, William R. "Bill" Cole; son, Scott W. Cole; and brother, John Harris.
Survivors include three children; three grandchildren; one great-grandson; three brothers; three sisters; one brother-in-law; one sister-in-law,; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Betty Cole's life celebration and visitation will be held on Sunday, July 11, 2021 from 1 to 3 PM at Carlisle–Branson Funeral Service & Crematory in Mooresville. A graveside service will follow at 3:30 PM on Sunday at White Lick Cemetery.
Betty Jean (Harris) Cole, 90, a former longtime Mooresville resident, passed away on July 8, 2021. Mrs. Cole was born on January 9, 1931 in Russell Springs, KY to the late March and Naomia (McDonald) Harris.
Betty was raised on the family farm in Kentucky. In the 1940s, the family relocated to Stockwell, IN. She met and married her husband Bill in Lafayette in 1952. Betty and Bill moved to Mooresville in 1956. They remained in the Mooresville/Plainfield area and raised three children. Betty completed cosmetology school while Bill completed his degree at Purdue. She operated a beauty shop on Clay Street in Mooresville for many years and carried her scissors at all times. Betty was a strong, talented woman who gardened both flowers and vegetables to feed the family. Canning and freezing vegetables was an annual summer activity. Betty's kitchen table was the gathering place of family and friends. You never left it hungry. She remodeled the house when necessary, mowed the "5 acres" and shuttled kids to after school activities. Betty was a reader, bird watcher and a sewing crafter. All of the kids and grandkids received crocheted and quilted blankets from Grandma Betty. There were many children who had leaf collections for school from Betty Cole's yard. Later in life, she picked up painting and she was good at it too. Betty Cole was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. All of those titles meant the world to her.
The family gives thanks for caregivers in Plainfield and North Woods Village and Eleos Hospice Care staff in Ft. Wayne, who provided so much love and support during Betty's final years.
In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by her husband of more than 50 years, William R. "Bill" Cole; son, Scott W. Cole; and brother, John Harris.
Survivors include three children; three grandchildren; one great-grandson; three brothers; three sisters; one brother-in-law; one sister-in-law,; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Betty Cole's life celebration and visitation will be held on Sunday, July 11, 2021 from 1 to 3 PM at Carlisle–Branson Funeral Service & Crematory in Mooresville. A graveside service will follow at 3:30 PM on Sunday at White Lick Cemetery.
Betty was raised on the family farm in Kentucky. In the 1940s, the family relocated to Stockwell, IN. She met and married her husband Bill in Lafayette in 1952. Betty and Bill moved to Mooresville in 1956. They remained in the Mooresville/Plainfield area and raised three children. Betty completed cosmetology school while Bill completed his degree at Purdue. She operated a beauty shop on Clay Street in Mooresville for many years and carried her scissors at all times. Betty was a strong, talented woman who gardened both flowers and vegetables to feed the family. Canning and freezing vegetables was an annual summer activity. Betty's kitchen table was the gathering place of family and friends. You never left it hungry. She remodeled the house when necessary, mowed the "5 acres" and shuttled kids to after school activities. Betty was a reader, bird watcher and a sewing crafter. All of the kids and grandkids received crocheted and quilted blankets from Grandma Betty. There were many children who had leaf collections for school from Betty Cole's yard. Later in life, she picked up painting and she was good at it too. Betty Cole was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. All of those titles meant the world to her.
The family gives thanks for caregivers in Plainfield and North Woods Village and Eleos Hospice Care staff in Ft. Wayne, who provided so much love and support during Betty's final years.
In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by her husband of more than 50 years, William R. "Bill" Cole; son, Scott W. Cole; and brother, John Harris.
Survivors include three children; three grandchildren; one great-grandson; three brothers; three sisters; one brother-in-law; one sister-in-law,; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Betty Cole's life celebration and visitation will be held on Sunday, July 11, 2021 from 1 to 3 PM at Carlisle–Branson Funeral Service & Crematory in Mooresville. A graveside service will follow at 3:30 PM on Sunday at White Lick Cemetery.
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