Betty Marie Messamore Obituary (1930

Betty Marie Messamore, 92 of Normal passed away at The Loft Rehabilitation and Nursing in Normal at 10 AM on Monday January 9, 2023. There will be a funeral service held for Betty at 11 AM Thursday January 12, 2023, at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home in Bloomington. Reverend Kathy King-Nobles will officiate. There will be a visitation from 10-11 that morning at the funeral home. Interment will be in Park Hill Cemetery in Bloomington. Betty was born September 25, 1930, in Easton, IL to Dillard and Rosa Ethel Rule Van Matre. She married Ronald Messamore on August 11, 1957, in Bloomington. He preceded her in death on July 17, 1984. She is also preceded in death by two brothers, Marion (Zelma) Van Matre and Harold (Ruby) Van Matre. Betty is survived by two children, Kathy (Randy) Kingdon of Normal, Rich Messamore of Normal and one grandson, Christopher Messamore. She graduated from the Wesleyan affiliated Brokaw School of Nursing. Betty retired in 1998 after practicing for many years as a hospital and physician's office nurse. At Brokaw hospital she worked in the Emergency Room and as the facility's head nurse. She loved travel, especially taking trips with Bloomington/Normal Parks and Recreation Departments. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Normal and a member of the Red Hatters Club. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Normal.