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Name: Betty E. Close Dively
Spouse: William Robert Dively
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DECEASED 2010,
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1940 Attended from through

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Birthdate: October 31, 1921   
Date of Death: December 6, 2010  
       

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Notes:

Betty E. Dively, 89, of The Village at Morrisons Cove, formerly of Sproul, died Mon., Dec. 6, 2010 at the village. She was born in Sproul to Charles & Irene (Fickes) Close.

She married William R. Dively on June 6, 1953, in Cumberland, MD and he died Feb. 11, 2002.

Survived by daughters: Sharon Forgas & husband, Richard, of Altoona and Billie Weyant & husband, Laddie, of Carlisle; sons: C. Scott, of Queen and Mark & wife, Anne, of Rochester, MN; 11 grandchildren and 14 gr. grandchildren. Predeceased by brother, Norman 'Sonny' Close & wife, Anna, and sister, Anna Black & husband, John Black, Sr.

Betty graduated from high school in 1940 in Gary, IN. She retired as a custodian in 1987 from the Claysburg-Kimmel High School. She was a member of Claysburg Church of the Brethren and the Sproul Ladies Aid. Leslie-Miller Funeral Home, Claysburg. Interment, Sproul Cemetery.

Published in Altoona Mirror, Tues., 12/7/2010

NOTE: In 1940 census she was living with aunt & Uncle in Columbia City, Indiana: John S. & Edith M. Hoenstine; listed as Betty Close born c1922 in Spronly, Blair County, Pennsylvania. Exact birth date from Findagrave.com.
 
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