A funeral service celebrating the life of Betty F. Stockdale, 85, of Hebron, Licking county, Ohio will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 26, 2009, in the chapel of the Hoskinson Funeral Home, Kirkersville, Ohio with burial to follow in Zanesville, Ohio Memorial Park.

Betty died suddenly Wednesday morning in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio on Jan. 28, 1924, the daughter of the late Arthur B. and Bertha (Heizer) Fleming.

She was employed by ATT technologies in Columbus for 24 years, retiring in 1986.

She is survived by her loving family: her husband, John, whom she married on Aug. 2, 1942; her children, Lynn (Larry) Robinette, of Strongsville, Ohio; Beverly (Kevin) Londergan, of Houston, Texas, John F. (Patsy), of Zanesville, Rebecca, of Hebron; her sister, Ida Rae Leffler, of Grove City, Ohio; 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Deborah K. Stockdale Wheeler, in 1986; and her brothers, Bill and Kenneth Fleming.

Her family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, 285 E. Main St., in Kirkersville, where an online video tribute and guest register is available at www.hoskinsonfuneral.com.

The family has requested that expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial contributions be directed to L.E.A.D.S. Community Action, Attn: Buckeye Lake Center, 159 Wilson St., Newark, Ohio 43055.