{"id":73168,"date":"2016-02-05T19:58:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T00:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=73168"},"modified":"2016-02-05T19:58:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T00:58:26","slug":"marlin-lloyd-bob-betts-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/02\/05\/marlin-lloyd-bob-betts-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlin Lloyd &#8220;Bob&#8221; Betts I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marlin Lloyd \u201cBob\u201d Betts I, 83, of Lima, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at Kindred Hospital in Lima.<\/p>\n<p>He was born December 21, 1932, in Putnam County, the son of Carl E. and Beulah (Smith) Betts, who both preceded him in death. On June 21, 1993, he married the former Rebecca Hunt Oliver, who survives in Lima.<\/p>\n<p>Other survivors include six sons, Robert (Marianne) Betts of Lima, Larry Betts of Kenton, Curtis (April) Betts of Lima, Allen (Kristen) Johnson of <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/American-Flag-for-obituaries-6-2011.jpg\" alt=\"American Flag for obituaries 6-2011\" width=\"125\" height=\"66\" \/>Idaho, Marlin Lloyd Betts II of Venedocia, and James Oliver of Lima; six daughters, Angie (Bill) Swinehart of Lima, Carmen Betts of Maine, and April (Dave) Maitlen, Rachel (Derek) Richardson, Marlene (Travis) Jones of Lima, and Tierra Oliver, all of Lima; a sister, LaDean Krontz of Columbus Grove; her mother-in-law, Alice L. Hunt; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>A daughter, Kim Whitehurst; one grandson, Christopher Betts; two sisters, Wilma Jean Martz and Shirley Matson; and two brothers, Carl Betts Jr. and Donald Betts, also preceded him in death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, February 9, at Harter and Schier Funeral Home in Delphos. Burial will follow in Ottawa River Cemetery in Rimer, with graveside military honors rendered by the Delphos Veterans Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Calling hours are from 6-8 p.m. Monday, February 8, and from 11 a.m. until the time of services Tuesday at the funeral home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preferred memorials: To the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marlin Lloyd \u201cBob\u201d Betts I, 83, of Lima, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at Kindred Hospital in Lima. He was born December 21, 1932, in Putnam County, the son of Carl E. and Beulah (Smith) Betts, who both preceded him in death. On June 21, 1993, he married the former Rebecca Hunt Oliver, who survives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 12:41:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}