Elizabeth "Betty" M. Hayden Obituary (1937

Corydon, Indiana Elizabeth M. 'Betty' Hayden, 77, passed away Friday, July 17, 2015 at Kindred Health and Rehabilitation Center- Harrison. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 15, 1937 the daughter of Floyd E. and Helen M. McPhillips Bennett. She attended grade 1 through 4 at St. Philip Neri School. When her dad was transferred to International Harvester in Louisville, KY, they moved to New Middletown, Indiana where she attended school grades 5 through 11, then New Middletown High School Consolidated with Corydon and she went her senior year there and graduated in 1955. She went to work at Smith Distributing Co., a division of Frigidaire in Louisville. She then married James Lancy Hayden on April 15, 1961. In 1962 their first son, Gregory Thomas was born and Betty became a full time homemaker and mother. In 1964 their second son, Gary Allen was born. When Gary started 1st grade at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Betty started college at IUS to get a degree in education. She graduated in 1975 and that fall started teaching at OLPH. She taught 5th grade for 3 years and then moved to junior high to teach 6th, 7th and 8th graders religion with being the 8th grade home room teacher. She loved this age student and took 8th graders to Washington, DC for 20 years until she retired. She often joked that to graduate you must be able to spell perpetual and to play euchre. She retired in 1998 to stay home with Lancy who was already retired and to be a full time grandma to her grandchildren which she loved to take care of. She was an active member of St. Joseph Parish in Corydon, Indiana. She was the first lay Eucharistic minister with Father Harry Tulley. She helped teach in the RCIA program for many years. She has belonged to a bible study group from 1981 until today. She sang in the choir for many years. She has always been willing to help out in any way that she can. She truly loved her parish family. There will be a Mass of Christian Burial held at 11 AM Monday, July 20, 2015 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Corydon, Indiana. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11 AM to 8 PM on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Gehlbach & Royse Funeral Home in Corydon, Indiana and from 9 AM to 10:30 AM on Monday. The family requests in lieu of flowers that memorial gifts be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church or School. Visitation: 11 AM to 8 PM Sunday, July 19, 2015 and 9 AM to 10:30 AM Monday at Gehlbach & Royse Funeral Home in Corydon, Indiana 47112 Funeral: 11 AM Monday, July 20, 2015 At St. Joseph Catholic Church in Corydon, Indiana Interment: St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Corydon, Indiana