Betty Louise Stroup

Betty Louise Stroup

• Father: Frank Orion Stroup b. 10 October 1887, d. 19 March 1947
• Mother: Edith Mabel Pennington b. 13 March 1891, d. 17 March 1971

• Betty Louise Stroup was born on 24 January 1927 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, at 104 North 37th Street.
• Frank Orion Stroup and Edith Mabel Pennington appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, at 104 North 37th Street, Edgewood Place. Other members of the household included Betty Louise Stroup, Jonathan Stroup and Thelma Virginia Stroup.
• Betty Louise Stroup appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Albion, Edwards County, Illinois, enumerated in the household of her father's brother Fred Wright and his wife Ethel.
• She married Leo Paul Wright, son of James R. Wright and Ethel Forsythe, on 13 July 1948 in Vigo County, Indiana, by license issued the same day, with Minister James R. Wright officiating..
       According to the marriage license, he was a widower, whose wife died 12 October 1946, with two children, Gloria Jean (age 6) and Paul Douglas (3)..
• The following appeared on 7 March 1958 in the Rockford Morning Star: [Died] Fred M. Stroup, 63, 1812 N. Court st., died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, 1958, in Rockford Memorial hospital after a long illness. Born Jan. 12, 1895, in Ellery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Stroup. Lived 16 years in Rockford, coming here from Abion. Married to the former Ethel Rigg in Ellery June 17, 1926. Employed as a chemist by Central Illinois Electric and Gas company for more than 30 years. Veteral of world War I, serving in Company A of the 113th engineers in France and Germany. A lifetime deacon in Central Christian church and member of Mermitage Masonic lodge 356 in Albion and Daniel American Legion post. Attended Tri-State college, Angola, Ind. Survivors include: widow; a foster daughter, Mrs. Paul Wright, Terre Haute, Inc., and several nieces and nephews. Services at 10 a.m. Saturday in Long-Klontz Funeral Home, 420 Park ave., with the Rev. Max R. Hickerson, pastor of Central church, officiating, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Ingram Funeral Home, Albion. Friends may call at Long-Klontz funeral home from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.
• Betty Louise Stroup became a widow at the 2 April 1997 death of her husband Leo Paul Wright.
• At the time of her death, her usual residence was in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, at 2917 South 4th Street.
• Betty Louise Stroup died on 22 February 2004 at age 77 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, . Informant was Robert A. Wright.
• She was interred at Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.

• Last Edited: 8 Sep 2016