Betty Kathleen Fleetwood Kale, age 89, passed away September 11, 2023. Betty was born November 12, 1933 to Olive (Hedrick) and Willard Fleetwood in Brown County, Indiana. She was the little sister to Glodene, Warren and Verlyn. She graduated from Bloomington High School in 1952 and worked for attorney David Rogers during high school and after graduation. Betty met her future husband and love of her life, Richard Kale at her 19th birthday party. They married on November 14, 1953 in Bloomington and welcomed a daughter, Kathy, in 1954. Betty and Richard were married 42 years until Richard passed away in August, 1996.
Betty had a long working career that included working at the family restaurant, the Monroe County Welfare Department, Edgewood High School Principal’s office and the Indiana University Health Department. She and Richard always opened their home to everyone and had frequent visits of family, neighbors and all of Kathy’s friends.
Betty is survived by her daughter, Kathy (Terry) Cox; granddaughters, Abby (Noah) Dennis and Maggie (Greg) Frazee; great-grandchildren, Oscar, Evelyn and Henry Frazee and June and Esme Dennis, one sister-in-law, Wilma Fleetwood and many loving Kale and Fleetwood nieces and nephews.
In addition to her loving husband, she was preceded in death by her sister, Glodene Williams and two brothers, Warren and Verlyn Fleetwood.
A funeral service will be held on Friday at 11:00 a.m. at the Day & Deremiah-Frye Funeral Home. Interment will follow at 12:30 p.m. on Friday at Valhalla Memory Gardens. Friends may visit the family on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.DayDeremiahFrye.com for the Kale family.
