- Date Of Birth: December 21, 1915
- Date Of Death: March 8, 2012
- State: Ohio
Elizabeth Irene “Betty” Hilliard, 96, of Salem.
Mrs. Hilliard, who died Thursday, March 8, was a Salem native and daughter of the late Charles and Edna (Shaffer) Chappell. She was a 1933 graduate of Salem High School, and enjoyed reminiscing about playing on the SHS girls’ basketball team. She was one of the oldest members of the First Christian Church of Salem and the Order of Eastern Star.
Mrs. Hilliard was a devoted wife, mother and “Gram,” providing a wonderful home for her family. She loved baking, and her famous filled cookies and angel pies were family favorites. In her younger years, she had fun playing bridge and bowling with her friends.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death on February 28, 2008, by her husband of nearly 72 years, George Hilliard; and by a brother, Bob Chappell, and a sister, Esther Thomson.
Survivors include a daughter, Polly Yarnell and husband Jack, and a son, Jerry Hilliard and wife Carol, all of Salem; four grandchildren, Lisa (Rod) Thorn of Diamond, Ted (Julie) Schuster of Salem, Doug (LeAnne) Hilliard of Johnson City, Tennessee, and Mike Hilliard of Limestone, Tennessee; ten great-grandchildren, Zak, Kelsi, Mollee, Madison, Tyler, Jake, Callie, Gus, Olivia and Bailee; and a sister, Virginia Yuhaniak of Salem.
