{"id":47266,"date":"2026-09-21T10:56:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=47266"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:16:10","slug":"betty-j-ebbert-95-of-rural-gila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/47266-betty-j-ebbert-95-of-rural-gila\/","title":{"rendered":"Betty J. Ebbert (95) of rural Gila"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Betty Jean Ebbert, age 95, of rural Gila, Illinois, passed away at 2:00 PM on Sunday, September 20, 2026, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, in Mattoon, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Graveside Service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, September 27, 2026, at Island Creek Cemetery in rural Jasper County, Illinois.\u00a0 Visitation will be held for 1 hour (1:00-2:00 PM) at the cemetery prior to the service.\u00a0 In loving memory of Betty, memorials may be made to the Island Creek Cemetery Fund. Arrangements under the care of the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790175831143000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1qshmBrwk_y8AdgnacRXsO\">www.meyerfh.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Betty Jean was born on September 9, 1931, in Hidalgo, Illinois, the daughter of William and Florence (Oaks) Finn.\u00a0 She married Warren G. \u201cDoc\u201d Ebbert on April 8, 1950, in Newton, Illinois, and he preceded her in passing on May 21, 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Betty was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.\u00a0 For many years she worked alongside her husband on their dairy farm south of Gila, in Jasper County, Illinois.\u00a0 She enjoyed cooking and baking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Betty is survived by-<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children &#8211; Steve (Brenda) Ebbert of Newton, Illinois; Terry (Beverly) Ebbert of Newton, Illinois; Scott (Pamela) Ebbert of Charleston, Illinois and Todd (Celia) Ebbert of Effingham, Illinois<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grandchildren &#8211; Chad Ebbert of Champaign, Illinois, Byron Ebbert of Mahomet, Illinois, Levi (Kristina) Ebbert of Carterville, Illinois, Austin Ebbert of Champaign, Illinois, Laine Ebbert of Collinsville, Illinois and Haley (Noah) Lohman of Bloomington, Illinois<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great Grandchildren &#8211; Thea Ebbert, Maxine Ebbert, Elliot Lohman and Emery Lohman<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Betty was preceded in death by her parents, husband, grandson Nate Ebbert and siblings<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ed Finn, Orville Finn, Charlie Finn, Bill Finn, Fred Finn and Edna Kibler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Betty Jean Ebbert, age 95, of rural Gila, Illinois, passed away at 2:00 PM on Sunday, September 20, 2026, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, in Mattoon, Illinois. \u00a0 A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":47347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Betty J. 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