Betty Ruth Gidcumb (Kelly), 88, formerly of Sesser IL. died on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Parkway Manor in Marion.
She was born August 10, 1929 in Thebes, Illinois, the daughter of Martin Luther Boyd and Grace Isabell (Foley) Boyd.
Betty was a 1947 graduate of Goode-Barren Township (Sesser) High School, a 1952 graduate of the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, MO and had attended Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
On November 5, 1955 she married Joseph Clyde Kelly Jr. in Sesser, Illinois at the First Methodist Church. He passed away on December 3, 1968. She later married Earl Gidcumb on December 3, 1989 in Sesser, Illinois at the First United Methodist Church. For over 25 years she and Earl resided in Wickliffe, Kentucky
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Betty was a member of the Sesser United Methodist Church and a member of the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association. During her career in nursing Betty worked at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO, St. Mary’s Hospital in Clayton, MO, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Kirkwood, MO, Franklin Hospital in Benton, IL, Miner’s Hospital in Christopher, IL and concluded her career at the Franklin Hospital Skilled Nursing Care Facility in Benton, IL. She had also worked part-time for Dr. Harry Lewis at the Benton Medical Center.
She is survived by her husband, Earl Gidcumb of Wickliffe, Kentucky; three sons: Joseph Kelly and wife Melinda of Sesser, Gary Kelly and wife and Deana of DuQuoin, and Greg Kelly of Sesser; three grandchildren: Joseph Jordan Kelly and wife Jennifer of Springfield, IL, Aileen Stapleton and husband Garin of Pittsburg, IL and Kailah Kelly of DuQuoin; a stepson: Richard Gidcumb and wife Jean of Dexter, KY, two step grandchildren: Jennifer Hall and husband Shane and their 3 children of Versailles, KY, and Erin Gidcumb of Paducah, KY; a step daughter-in-law Brenda Ardebili of Murray Kentucky; a sister in law: Jan Kelly of Sesser, and brother-in-law and sister-in law: Carroll and Nancy Kelly of Sesser, several cousins, nieces, and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband Joseph C. Kelly Jr., a brother Jack W. Boyd, and infant son Mark Wade Kelly.
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at the Sesser United Methodist Church. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 31, 2017 at the church with Dr. Gary Kelly officiating. Interment will follow at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Sesser.
Memorials may be made to the Sesser United Methodist Church or the Alzheimer’s Association
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