Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Neeb, Betty Jean 2008
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Betty Jean Ovenshire Neeb, aged 87, of Clarksville, was taken Home to be with 
her resurrected Lord on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008.  Betty was born in 
Charlotte, on June 20, 1920 to Joseph and Jessie (Clafflin) Norris.  She was 
united in marriage to Max Ovenshire on December 31, 1939.  Following her 
husband’s ordination in the ministry, they served United Brethren churches in 
Corunna, Ind., Woodland and Kilpatrick, Pleasant Valley and Freeport, Lowell, 
Clare and Hastings, Mich.  Rev. Ovenshire died on Jan. 15, 1970.  Betty was 
married to Floyd Neeb in the late 1970s, and he also preceded her in death.

Betty was proud to have graduated from Lakewood High School in 1979.  She 
loved her nicknames, “Joybells” and “Grace.”  

Betty is survived by her sons, Darrell (Carol) Ovenshire of Detroit, and James 
Ovenshire of Fla.; 6 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren; brother, 
Wilford “Bill” Norris; the extended Neeb family; and all of the “adopted” 
children and grandchildren she loved through the years.  

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Rev. Max Ovenshire and 
Floyd Neeb; daughters, Kay Diane Ovenshire and Rebecca J. Ovenshire Flowers; 
grandson, Joshua Ryan Willette; sisters, Ella Satterley, Mable Wakley, and 
Josephine Davidson; and brothers, Harold, Raymond, Leo, Dale and Thomas Norris.

Visitation with the family will be from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 
26, 2008 at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa.  The funeral service will 
be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church.  
Burial will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Charlotte.  Memorial 
contributions may be made to the Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church or to 
continue research in finding a cure for astrocytoma.


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