7/10/1927 - 7/26/2022
Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Laux, 95, of Bryant, IN, passed away at 4:27 AM on
Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Cardinal Care Strategies Nursing Home in Muncie,
IN. She was born on Sunday, July 10, 1927, in Jay County, IN. She married
Joseph Charles Laux on Wednesday, June 6, 1945 in Holy Trinity Catholic
Church. He preceded her in death on January 17, 2002. Betty attended the
Wabash Township 1 room schoolhouse grades 1 & 2, New Corydon 2 room
schoolhouse for the next 3 years, and then Holy Trinity grade school through
the 8th grade. She attended the Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Betty worked
at Mersman Tables in Celina and as a Floor Lady at NAAS Foods, Berne Novelty
in Berne and CTS of Berne. Betty was a member of the Holy Trinity Women's
Fidelity and an amateur photographer. As a child, she enjoyed singing and
playing the guitar on the stage and continued playing for family her whole
life.
She will be sadly missed by her Son - Thomas (Crystal Elaine)
Joseph Laux, Bryant, IN., Son - John (Sharon Rae) Raymond Laux, Farmland,
IN., Daughter - Carole (Michael) Ann Arnold, Bradenton, FL., Brother -
Edward Wagner, Celina, OH., Brother - Donald Wagner, Portland, IN., Sister -
Virginia Chacon, Land O' Lakes , FL., Sister - Judith Miller, Union City,
IN., Son In-Law- Richard Haffner, Bryant, IN., 14 Grandchildren, 23 Great
Grandchildren, and 2 Great Great Grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by her Parents- Raymond & Veronica “Babe” (Minch) Wagner, Daughter -
Donna Sue Haffner, Daughter - Kathleen Laux, Brother - John Wagner, Sister -
Marie Remaklus, Brother - Ralph Wagner, Brother - Mathias (Bip) Wagner,
Brother - James Wagner, Sister - Barbara Weigel, Sister - Trudy Poling,
Brother - Louis Wagner, Sister - Ruth Houser, Sister - Constance Lehman, and
Brother - Thomas Wagner.
Family and friends may gather to share and
remember at Downing & Glancy Funeral Home 100 N Washington Street Geneva on
Friday, July 29, 2022 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church 7321 E. St. Rd. 67
Bryant at 10:00 AM on Saturday, July 30, 2022 with Father Peter Logsdon
officiating. Interment will follow in the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery.
Memorial Contributions may be made to Heart to Heart Hospice 7221 Engle
Rd. Unit 100, Fort Wayne, IN. or to the Bryant Area Community Center 107 S.
Malin St. Bryant, IN.
Glancy Funeral Homes July 27, 2022
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Holy Trinity Cemetery