Betty J. Pautz died Sunday October 30, 2011 in Ebeid Hospice Residence in Sylvania at the age of 88. She was born June 28, 1923 in Port Clinton, Ohio to John and Mary (Hess) Warnke. After graduating from Port Clinton High School in 1941, she began working for the former Poole Hospital and during World War II worked at Camp Perry. Betty moved to Toledo after World War II and began working for the American Red Cross. She met Herman Pautz and in 1950 they were married. Betty also worked at Crestview Club Apartments and moved over to Lake Park Care Center when the facility opened where she retired from in 1985.
Betty was a longtime member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church Maumee. She enjoyed needlework and was an avid reader.
She is preceded in death by her husband Herman in 1987, parents and two sisters and five brothers. Betty is survived by her children Mary L. Sirois, and John H. (Karen) Pautz, II; grandchildren Rebecca, John III, and Brian Pautz, Christopher and Jonathan Sirois; great granddaughter Grace Dreier, and numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
Friends may call at the Foth – Dorfmeyer Mortuary 3815 Sylvania Ave., (Between Monroe and Talmadge Rd.) Tuesday from 2 – 8 PM where funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 AM conducted by Pastor Roger Miller. Interment Ottawa Hills Memorial Park. Betty's family would like to thank the staff at Ebeid Hospice for their care of Betty and would ask that memorial tributes be made to Ebeid Hospice.