Betty S. Burns, 86, born June 26, 1925 went home to be with the Lord February 25, 2012. Betty was born in Wilco, West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Burns, parents William E. and Virginia K. Jamison and brother William Jamison II. Betty graduated from Wilbur Wright High School in 1943 and Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing in 1946. Betty's love of caring for others was evident in her 60 year nursing career.
She is survived by daughter Sandra (Charles) Nartker, daughter Donna Smith (Wayne Derryberry), son Jeff (Linda) Burns, son-in-law Kip Smith all of Beavercreek, daughter Kathleen (Bret) Mannier of Dayton and son Phillip Burns(Dustin Mancl) of Las Vegas, NV. Fourteen grandchildren; Chis (Chantelle) Nartker, Jennifer (Maj. Ian) Galbraith, Erin Smtih (Gavin) Emmrich, Shawn (Dee) Smith, Kari (Kurt) Snyder, Jeff (Andrea) Burns, Nick (Molly) Burns, Luke (Molly) Burns, Joshua (Jennifer) Mannier, Benjamin (Bri)Mannier, Nathanael (Rachael) Mannier, and Jesse Mannier, 19 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends may call February 29, 2012 6p-8p Newcomer Funeral Home, 3380 Dayton-Xenia Rd. Beavercreek, OH 45432. Memorial Mass March 1, 2012, 11am. at St. Luke 1440 N. Fairfield Rd. Beavercreek, OH.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tenth Life PO BOX 178 Alpha, OH 45301, Greene County Council on Aging 140-A Rogers Street, Xenia, Ohio 45385 or St. Luke/St. Vincent De Paul 1440 N. Fairfield Rd. Beavercreek, OH.