NORTH WEBSTER — Betty Jean Hinton, 92, Fort Wayne, passed away at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 28, 2018, at her home.
She was born May 8, 1925, in Fort Wayne, to Orval O. and Vera F. Shock Brubaker.
She grew up in Fort Wayne and graduated in 1943 from South Side High School, Fort Wayne. She was married on Dec. 2, 1944, in Norman, Okla., to Richard D. “Dick” Hinton, who preceded her on May 7, 2010.
In 1976 she moved to North Webster, where she had been coming to Webster Lake since she was child. She then moved to Leeds, Ala., for a short time before returning to Fort Wayne in 2013. She was a homemaker and formerly employed at Bowton Associates, Syracuse, for 10 years.
She formerly attended North Webster Church of God, was a former member of Tippecanoe Township Home Ec. Club, North Webster, and past president of Kosciusko County Home Extension Club, Warsaw. She was a Girl Scout leader for 10 years in Fort Wayne and Girl Scout camp director in Hopkinsville, Ky.
She is survived by three daughters: Kay J. (Michael Courtney) Blalock, St. Louis, Mo.; Marta J. (Gary) Zoller, Fort Wayne; and Tina L. McDonald, Leeds; 10 grandchildren: Shanna Garrison, Tara Armstrong, Victoria McDonald, Jonathan Blalock, Andrew Blalock, Kyle McDonald, Matthew McDonald, Michael Zoller, Dan Zoller and Jennifer Lalos; 12 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Frederick Brubaker, Fort Wayne.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; great-granddaughter, Chloe Blalock; three sisters: Dorothy Elliott, Dolores Graue and Bonnie Isenbarger; and two brothers, Ronald Brubaker and Harold Brubaker.
Cremation will take place at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at Golden Years Assisted Living, 8300 Maysville Road, Fort Wayne, with Pastor Jim Planter officiating. Private burial will take place at Covington Memorial Gardens, Fort Wayne.
Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials to the Vera Bradley Breast Cancer Foundation, 12420 Stonebridge Road, Roanoke, IN 46783; or Alzheimer’s Association of America, 50 E. 91st St., Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
To send condolences to the family in Mrs. Hinton’s memory, visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
