Submitted by: Dan Rich

Betty Lou Gaskill

Oct. 1, 1924 - Dec. 14, 2000

South Bend Tribune 12/17/2000

Betty Lou (Bannon) Gaskill, 76, of Beckley Street, Granger, Ind., passed away of natural causes on Thursday, Dec. 14, in her home. Betty was born on Oct. 1, 1924, in Kingsley, Iowa. On Feb. 20, 1947, Betty married Eston H. Gaskill in Jimtown, Ind. Mr. Gaskill survives. She is also survived by her sons, Larry D. Gaskill and his wife, Sharron of LaPorte, Ind., Donald E. Gaskill and his wife, Mary Ann of Mishawaka, Ind.; daughters, Sharon Moews and her husband, Tony of Normandy, Tenn., and Cheryl Gaskill and her companion, Judy McGuire of Osceola, Ind.; five brothers, Robert McDonald, Woodrow McDonald, Ronnie McDonald and Benny McDonald, all of Oklahoma, and William Bannon of Highland, Ind.; sisters, Modean Beck, Betty Jo Collins, Nedra Broege and Billie Jo McDonald, all of Oklahoma; and by eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Gaskill; and by a sister, Mary Louise Gordon. Mrs. Gaskill began working as a nurse's aide in the Osteopathic Hospital in South Bend, and later moved into the Central Supply Department, working for 21 years and retiring in 1987.

Visitation for Betty will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 18, in the Chapel Hill Funeral Home, Osceola. Services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 19, in the Chapel Hill Funeral Home, with interment to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Foundation.