Jul 10, 1916 - Sep 2, 2010

Elizabeth J. "Betty" Clowes, 94, of Fort Wayne, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at Markle Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Clowes graduated from La Crosse Central High School in Wisconsin. She attended Mount Sinai School of Nursing, Milwaukee, WI. She worked as an industrial nurse in Milwaukee. She later worked as a nurse with the American Red Cross, in Fort Wayne, from which she retired in 1981. She was honored as an Indiana Health Care Association Volunteer of the Year in 1986.

She was born July 10, 1916, in La Crosse, WI, to Frederick Max and Meta Merman Miller. She married John S. Clowes on June 26, 1948. Her preceded her in death.

She is survived by a daughter, Betsy (Michael) Slagle, of Fort Wayne, and two grandsons Ian Slagle, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Derek Slagle, of Portland, OR.

Calling is Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at D.O. McComb and Sons Foster Park Funeral Home, 6301 Fairfield Ave., Fort Wayne. Burial will be at Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, WI.

Memorials are to the American Red Cross Disaster Fund or the Allen County SPCA.