Elizabeth “Betty” Leasure (Beatty) Topliff
Elizabeth “Betty” Leasure (Beatty) Topliff, of Marion, died peacefully on Monday, April 25, 2022 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.
Betty was born April 4, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the late John and Esther Beatty of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Latrobe High School in 1946 and Ohio Northern University in 1950 where she became a devoted member of Theta Phi Delta sorority. Betty married the late Calvin Hastings Topliff on June 17, 1950.
Betty was a dedicated teacher for nearly 30 years, most recently at Ridgedale High School. Following their retirement, Betty and Calvin lived in Estero and Ft. Myers, Florida for many years. Following Calvin’s death in 2009, Betty returned to Marion to enjoy her growing family of great-grandchildren.
Betty was a member of Liberty Presbyterian Church in Delaware. She was an avid genealogy researcher and enjoyed traveling around the country with Calvin and her family.
Loving mother, grandmother and “Great T,” Betty is survived by her family of three daughters, Georgia Mathews, Marion, Elizabeth ‘Libby’ (Ron) Rushley, Columbus, and Mary Topliff, Mill Valley, California; six grandchildren, Shayla (AJ) Hensel, Dublin, Spencer (Brittany) Mathews, Claridon, Clark (Abigail) Mathews, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Alyssa Mathews, New Paltz, New York, Alexandria (John) Caughell, Worthington, and Roderick Rushley, Columbus; and eight great-grandchildren, Cooper, Eva, Beckett and Griffin Hensel, Theodore and Whitley Mathews, Adelaide Mathews, and Corinne Caughell.
Graveside services celebrating her life will be held Friday May 20, 2022 at 11:00 am at the LaRue Cemetery, 9227 LaRue-DeCliff Road, LaRue, Ohio 43332, Rev. Vickie Doyle will officiate. A reception will follow at the Brickyard in Marion, 135 S. Main St. Marion, Ohio 43302 from 12 noon until 3pm.
The family asks memorial contributions be made to the Latrobe Historical Society, PO Box 266, Latrobe, PA 15650.
The Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home in LaRue is assisting the family
Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.stofcheck-ballinger.com.
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