Betty Jean (Best) Gorrell, 87, of Union City, IN, passed away Thursday, May 6, 2010 at Wayne Hospital in Greenville. Betty was born February 6, 1923, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Roy Best.
Betty was a home maker, she had worked at Hardees, for the Campbell Soup Company, and State Line Clothing Care. During the Korean War, Betty worked in a military factory. Betty loved to read, to watch T.V., to do puzzle books, and enjoyed watching big time wrestling.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Gorrell in 1970 and a daughter Dianna Fisher, brother, Bob Best, and sister, Phyllis Brooks.
She is survived by her sons and daughter in law, Bob and Sue Gorell of Greenville and Michael Steven Gorrell of Union City, In; three Grandchildren, Rob Gorell, of Greenville, Michael Fisher of Florida, and Emily Fisher of Ft. Wayne In three Great Grandchildren, Mackenzie Gorrell of Greenville, Logan Gorrell, of Gettysburg, and Dakota Long of Gettysburg and a sister, Maxine Beam.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 8, 2010, 2:00 p.m. at the Fraze-Brooks Funeral Home in Union City, In with the Rev. Hershel Fee being asked to officiate. Friends may call on the family from 12 p.m. until time of services at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Union City Cemetery.
Family request memorial contributions be made to the Darke County Cancer Association.
Services entrusted to Storch Braund Funeral Home in New Madison. Condolences may be sent to the family at storchbraund@woh.rr.com.
