Betty J. Zeiner

Monday, February 17, 2014

Betty J. Zeiner, 92, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014.

Born Oct. 22, 1921 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Walter and Elizabeth (Blanton) Poynter.

Betty was a 1939 graduate of Fillmore High School and a graduate of Indiana Business College, Indianapolis.

She married Vernie P. Zeiner on June 15, 1941, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 14, 2013.

Betty had been a homemaker. She had also worked at Morrison Tire in the early '70s and later three years at Asbury Towers.

She was also a member of the Fillmore Methodist Church.

Survivors include her son, LeRoy Zeiner of Fillmore; daughters Denise (Harry) Ludlow of Cincinnati, and Sharon (John) Jamieson of Vancouver, Wash.; sister Wilma Proctor of Greencastle; brother Walter (Marlene) Poynter of Greencastle; six grandchildren, Troy, Kristie, Tony, Laura, Meagan and Michael; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents; stepmother Anne Poynter; husband Vernie; and sisters Ruth Stanger, Fern Proctor and Helen Fine.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, 4 N. Percy Julian Drive, Greencastle, with interment to follow at Fillmore Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 at the funeral home.