DICKEN, Betty Carnahan - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

INDEPENDENCE — Betty Lou (Carnahan) Dicken, 65, Independence, died at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006 in Home Hospital, Lafayette. She was born March 4, 1941 in Portland Arch, Fountain County, the daughter of Joseph Owen and Doris Mae (Story) Carnahan. She married Charles Curtis Dicken Jan. 6, 1959 in Kansas City, Mo. He survives. She had lived most of her life in Warren County, residing in Winthrop and outside of Pine Village for several years. She had lived in Independence since 1987. She had worked at the Warren County Home and the Lafayette Baptist Schools. More recently she had worked at Hills Department Store in Lafayette. She was an active and faithful member of the New Hope Baptist Church in Attica. She was deeply loved by her husband and everyone who knew her. Survivors, besides the husband, include: her mother of Attica; two sons, Charles (Alane) Dicken Jr., Phoenix, Ariz., Dennis Dicken, Independence; four daughters, Janette (Mark) Sloan, Monticello, Mary Ann (Michael) Coolidge, Belton, Texas, Juanita (Craig) Ledbetter, Cork, Ireland, and Patricia (Brian) Madden, Belten, Texas; five sisters, Mary Carnahan and Nancy Carnahan, both of Attica, Donna (companion Danny) Moyer, Lafayette, Joy (Rick) Kelley, Uijongbu, Korea, and Rena (companion Al) Carnahan, Kokomo; 26 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, a daughter, Carrie Faye Dicken; and two brothers, Richard Owen Carnahan and Joseph Albert Carnahan. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Saturday in New Hope Baptist Church, Attica, with Pastors Brian Shaw, Rick Kelley and Roland Romig officiating. Burial was in Independence Cemetery. Maus Funeral Home, Attica, was in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions are preferred to the New Hope Baptist Church. Online condolences may be sent to www.mausfuneralhome.com. – jlr