Betty Dean Jones Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Betty Dean Jones of Harrisburg, Illinois, who passed away on May 30, 2022 at the age of 97. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Betty Dean Jones to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Orval Jennings Dean and Mabel May Dean (Wasson) of Harrisburg; her grandparents, Val, Mellie Wasson, John and Isabelle Dean; and her aunt Carrie Bell Wasson of Carrier Mills, Illinois..
She is survived by: her brother James Wilbur Dean; her daughter Dr. Jennifer England; her niece Deborah Gustafson of Greenville Village; and her nephew John Dean of Aurora.
Due to declining health, disability, and the Pandemic, she had been increasingly confined to home in the past two years, after a lifetime of work and active family and community involvement.
In Lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Saline County Genealogical Society, the Harrisburg First United Methodist Church, the Harrisburg District Library, and the Bethesda Cemetery Fund, for the Wasson Family.
