- Date Of Birth: 1937
- Date Of Death: 2020
- State: Indiana
Eaton, IN
Betty L.
Betty was born on June 13, 1937 in Muncie, Indiana. She was adopted by Walter Holmes and was later raised by Art and Freedos Matchett. Betty was a 1956 graduate of Eaton High School. She married John Tatman on April 7, 1956 in Eaton. Together they would raise their three children here in Delaware County.
Betty had a great sense of humor and was considered the matriarch of her neighborhood. She and John enjoyed traveling, CB radios, square dancing and motorcycles.
She will be missed by her children, Terry Blair (Richard) of Farmland, and David Tatman of Berne; two sisters, Rhoda Jean Hayden and Tonya Stevenson; her granddaughter, Christina Renner; three great-grandchildren: Darin Abner, Justin Abner, and Cody Abner; a great-great-granddaughter, Lorelei Angela Abner and a great-great-grandson on the way, Obren William Abner, as well as several nieces and nephews.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents and husband John Tatman, a son, Robert Tatman; brother, Wayne Benjamin Bradbury and a sister, Mattie Marie Reese.
