Betty Hughes Memorial Fund

Year Founded
2000

Purpose of Fund

The primary purpose of the Fund shall be to provide income to provide books, special needs and programming for the Children’s Department of the Putnam County Library, Greencastle, IN.

History of Fund
Betty Hughes was born in Tipton County, Indiana, graduated from Windfall High School, and married Milton William Hughes in July 1943. The couple moved to Greencastle, Indiana in 1965 and had four children, three daughters and one son. Betty's interests were children, homemaking, Kappa Delta Phi (a philanthropic sorority) and sports. Betty was a humanitarian and was always ready and willing to assist the less fortunate.

This fund was started by Jack and Shirley Dalton.

Kappa Delta Phi Sorority

Row one: Lois Boswell, Linda Freeman, Mary Nell Whitman, Betty Thomas, Georgeena Gick, Gaylene Layton

Row two: Mary Ann Saathoff, Phyllis Evens; Loretta Maxwell, Jeanne Pritchard, Marlene Masten, Jane Long, Alberta Buis, Maxine Haskett, Denise Davies

Row three: Shirley Dalton, Wanda Bitzer, Rhema Gobert, Fauneil Stewart, Carolyn Havlin, Nora Stork, Marian Giddings, Donna Stanley