Obit: Giloy, Betty Jane (1931 - 2021)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Giloy, Turner, Sischo, Abbott

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 9/15/2021

Giloy, Betty Jane (20 November 1931 – 1 September 2021)

Betty J. Giloy, age 89, of West Bend, and formerly of Cable, passed away on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at Samaritan Health Care Center in West Bend.

Betty Jane was born November 20, 1931, in Greenwood, the daughter of Leo and Ethel (Turner) Sischo. Betty moved to Neillsville, area at the age of five and attended county schools and Neillsville High School. In 1953, Betty moved to Milwaukee, to work for Master Lock. Betty was joined in marriage to Vernon Giloy on January 23, 1954. Betty and Vernon moved to Cable, in 1980 and where she worked for several resorts. She was an active member of the Cable United Church of Christ and volunteered for the American Birkebeiner.

Betty is survived by her son, Kenneth Abbott of Wenatchee, WA; stepdaughter, Suzanne Giloy of Milwaukee; two grandchildren, Valorie Abbott and Kenneth Abbott Jr.; seven great grandchildren; three step grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Vernon; and four brothers, Norman, Richard, Robert and Edwin.

A funeral service celebrating Betty’s life will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 13, 2021, at the Cable United Church of Christ with Pastor Philip Milam officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Monday at the church. Interment will follow the service at East Lawn Cemetery in Alma Center.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Cable United Church of Christ.

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