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Spencer - Betty Miller

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review Jan. 18, 1933-Oct. 26, 2004

 
Betty Jane Spencer, 71, Rockville, died 12:10 p.m. Tuesday in  Heritage House of Clinton, Clinton.
 
Mrs. Spencer retired from Bellmore County Store.
 
She founded Parke County Victims Advocate Foundation, was  first Parke County Victim Assistant, served as Executive Director  for Florida MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and Victim  Service Coordinator for Georgia MADD. She served on Flordia  Governors 70% by 1990 seat belt compliance, coordinating council  for victim's rights and services, and the Florida Victim Witness  Board.
 
She was a member of National Organization for Victim  Assistance (NOVA), where she served six years on the board of  directors; a national speaker victim's rights; lobbied six years  for stronger criminal and crime victim laws; and helped change 56  Indiana laws. She was a charter member of Protect the Innocent.  She had articles published in Wayne Law Review, Bereavement  Magazine and USA Today. She received many local, state and  national awards for her service and was awarded by President  Ronald Reagan three times.
 
She was born Jan. 18, 1933, at Jamaica, Ill., to Herbert J.  and Frances Bantz Miller.
 
Survivors include a step daughter, Diane Kissick, Marshall,  Ind.; two brothers, Roger Dale Miller, Columbus, Ind., and  Herbert Miller, Mesa, Ariz.; two sisters, Dorene Nyce, Kansas  City, Mo., and Mary Ellen Hutson, Marshall, Ind.; and two  stepgranchildren.
 
One son Greg Brooks and three stepsons, Raymond, Reeve and  Ralph Spencer are deceased.
 
Funeral services are scheduled 10 a.m Saturday in Rockville  Christian Chruch, west on U.S. 36, with the Revs. Dick Lord and  Lynn Coleman officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Moriah  Cemetery, north of Hollandsburg. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Friday  in Gooch Funeral Home, 112 Howard St., Rockville.
 
Memorials may be made to Parke County Victim Advocate  Foundation, 217 E. Ohio St., Rockville, IN 47872.
 
Friends may sign an online guest register at  www.goochfuneralhome.com.
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