Uffelman, Betty Irene

A memorial service for Betty Irene Uffelman, 77, of Longview, Texas, 
will be Monday, May 14, 2007, at 2p.m., in the chapel of Rader Funeral 
Home, with the Rev. Tom Roberson officiating. Mrs. Uffelman died 
Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at a local hospital, after a short illness.

Mrs. Uffelman was born August 20, 1929, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 
to James Joseph and Burdella Irene Martin Bailey. She graduated from 
West View High School in 1947 and, in 1950, earned an associates 
degree in business from Burroughs Business School in Pittsburgh. She 
began her career as an auditor for Sears Roebuck and Company.

She was united in marriage to Glenn William Uffelman on June 1, 1956, 
at Mount Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They settled 
in Baldwin Borough, Pennsylvania, and raised five daughters. The family 
moved to Longview in June 1975.

Mrs. Uffelman, known to many as Miss Betty, retired from Winn-Dixie 
Stores in 1989, where she managed the bakery/deli at the Eastman Road 
and High Street stores in Longview.

She enjoyed traveling and spending time with her friends and family.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, William.

Besides her husband of 50 years, Glenn, survivors include her five 
children, Debbie and Mike Maday of Fort Worth, Texas, Becky and David 
Thornton of Bedford, Texas, Nancy and Greg Carpenter of Burleson, Texas, 
Kimberly Uffelman of Fort Worth, Texas, and Pam and Tim Brown of 
Arlington, Texas; one grandchild, Amanda Maday, currently attending 
Texas Tech University; brother James Bailey of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 
brother-in-law Henry Uffelman of Eighty-Four, Pennsylvania; one niece; 
three nephews; two grandnieces; one grandnephew; and many dear friends 
in Texas and Pennsylvania.

The family requests memorial donations be made to the Nancy Carpenter 
Medical Expense Fund, c/o Compass Bank, 816 South Crowley Road, Crowley, 
TX 76036.

A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 5/13/2007.