Bettie C. Sims

BETTIE COURTNEY SIMS BORN NOV. 3, 1924, DIED PEACEFULLY SEPT. 7TH. BETTIE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF INDIANAPOLIS, GRADUATED FROM ST. AGNES ACADEMY IN INDIANAPOLIS AND WAS MARRIED TO FRANK THOMAS SIMS. BEFORE RETIRING FROM METHODIST HOSPITAL BETTIE SERVED AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF ADMISSIONS AND PATIENT ACCOUNTS AT METHODIST HOSPITAL AND BELONGED TO SEVERAL NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS SERVING ON THE BOARDS OF FAIRBANKS HOSPITAL AND THE WHITEHALL ASSOCIATION. BETTIE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL ENGINEERS AND WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF ANGEL SPEAK. SHE IS PRE-DECEASED BY HER PARENTS PERRY & HARRIETT COURTNEY, HER BROTHER PERRY JR, HER HUSBAND TOM SIMS & HER DAUGHTER KRILLA ANN DAILEY. BETTIE IS SURVIVED BY SONS COURTNEY SIMS AND JERRY SIMS AND A DAUGHTER TINA BARDEN AS WELL AS HER SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND HER SIX GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. NO CALLING IS SCHEDULED. ASHES WILL BE HELD AT FLANNER AND BUCHANAN, WASHINGTON PARK NORTH IN INDIANAPOLIS BEFORE INURNMENT AT HOLY CROSS CEMETERY. THE MEMORIAL MASS WILL BE HELD AT ST. MONICA CATHOLIC CHURCH LOCATED AT 6131 N. MICHIGAN ROAD IN INDIANAPOLIS AT 10:00AM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO METHODIST HOSPICE IN INDIANAPOLIS OR THE GATHERING TOGETHER PLACE IN PLAINFIELD, INDIANA. You are invited to go to the Guest Book page to pass along your personal message or tell a story. Sincerely, -Your friends at Flanner and Buchanan