| 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.
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							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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