| Graduation Year | Faculty |
| Date of Passing | Nov 01, 2011 |
| About | Betty Ricker English, 91, of Rushville, passed away at 12:25 AM Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Greensburg. Betty was born on August 20, 1920 in Blackford Co., IN, the daughter of the late Harry & Gertrude Campbell Fidler. She was a 1938 graduate of Eaton High School and a 1941 graduate of Ball Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She enlisted in the US Army Medical Corps in 1942 and served with the 105th Station Hospital during WWII in the North Africa and Italy campaigns. She served until 1946 and was a 1st lieutenant. She attended the University of Minnesota and later obtained her bachelor's degree from Ball State Teachers College where she also obtained her master's degree in 1973. Betty worked for a few years in Public Health in Muncie, the Health and Hospital organization in Indianapolis and Rush Memorial Hospital before finally working for the Rushville School Corporation where she worked as a school nurse from 1961-1982. She was active in the Main Street Christian Church, the RN Club, the Rush County Retired Teachers Association where she was past president and the Ball State Alumni Association. Betty married Verlin English on November 14, 1987 and he survives. In addition to Verlin of Rushville, Betty is also survived by her daughters, Nancy & husband Sam Durham of Osgood and Lynn Ellen Marshall of Greensburg, step-sons, Bill & wife Susan English of Greenfield and Mike & wife Kathy English of Beech Creek, PA, grandchildren, Robby & Emily Marshall and Chelsea Durham, step-grandchildren, Tiffany Cross, Julie Foote, Kristi Oesterle, Shawn English and Shannon Wolf, 3 great grandchildren and 10 step-great grandchilren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Main Street Christian Church, the RN Club thru the RCCF, the Hospice of South Central Indiana or the Decatur County Memorial Home Health Care-Karen Cain Fund. Burial: East Hill Shrine Mausoleum, Rushville, Rush County, Indiana |
