Visitation:
None
Service:
A celebration of life for Betty will be held at
11:00 a.m. Thursday March 31, 2016 at Jefferson
Street Christian Church
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Betty J. Washam, 87, of Lincoln passed away at 12:40
a.m. on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016 at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln.
Betty was born July 15, 1928 in Lincoln, IL; the
daughter of William and Henrietta Rodgers Coombs.
She married Robert J. Washam on September 23, 1949
in Lincoln, IL. He survives in Lincoln.
Also surviving are her children: Robert J. “Bucky” (JoAnn)
Washam of Lincoln, Randy Washam of Lincoln, Regina
(Dan) Shaffer of Emden, Rick (Jodi) Washam of
Broadwell, three sisters: Gloria (Richard) Craig of
Beason, Joan Heidbreder of Lincoln, Joyce Bailey of
Lincoln, three brothers: Gene Coombs of California;
George (Dorothy) Coombs of Florida; Robert (Maxine)
Coombs; eleven grandchildren: Jason (Cara) Washam;
Brandy (Curtis) Sutterfield; Kate Rutherford; Rachel
(Nick) Mayer; Patrick Washam; Kevin Washam; Matthew
(Amy) Chapman; Nikki Chapman; Kelsey (Erynn)
Washam-Coit; Kayla Washam; Kollin Washam; thirteen
great grandchildren: Drew, Abby, Ethan, Hadley, Jax,
Kirsten, Drew, Layla, McClane, Parker, Maggie, Jayce,
and Jersi. Betty was preceded in death by her
parents, two brothers: John Coombs and Earl Coombs,
and one sister: Frances Coombs. |
Betty was a member of the First Baptist Church of
Lincoln. She loved bowling, camping, country/western
music, soap operas, baking, and a good practical
joke.
A celebration of life for Betty will be held at
11:00 a.m. Thursday March 31, 2016 at Jefferson
Street Christian Church with Ryan Edgecombe and Rev.
Robert Williams officiating. There will be no
visitation. Burial at Zion Cemetery will be held at
a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family
requests memorials to be made to the First Baptist
Church of Lincoln. Services are entrusted
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
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