Obituary for Elizabeth Sickbert
Elizabeth "Betty" Mary Sickbert (Sirovy), 83, of Panama City, Florida, passed away on February 11th, 2024.Betty was born on October 19th, 1940, to Virginia and Joseph Sirovy in Michigan City, Indiana. She graduated from Knox High School in 1959.She moved to Dolly Madison in Gary, Indiana, an all-girls boarding house where she met long-time friend Carol.
She started her first job at Illinois Bell as a Telephone Operator, kickstarting a 25-year career with Mountain Bell and later AT&T.
In 1964, Betty moved to Orlando, Florida, and there she met and married John Dillard Felts in 1965. Betty and John went on to have one child, John Ashley Felts. And after working primarily as a waitress, sometimes working with John who was a Chef, she got back on as a Telephone Operator at Mountain Bell in Pueblo, Colorado. Betty loved to talk with folks, and the job suited her perfectly.
After her husband John passed in 1988, she moved around chasing AT&T as they closed offices due to automation. She met and married Earl Henry Sickbert in 1991. Earl called her “Liz.”Once she retired from AT&T, they settled in Panama City, Florida. She then went to work for Walmart and retired from there. Spent her remaining years visiting with family and friends and helping people, she was an avid coffee drinker, collector, and traveler, logging thousands of miles on the road.
Elizabeth was predeceased by John (1988), Earl (2015), her Mother Virginia (2004), Father Joseph (1975), brother Joseph Sirovy (2004), sisters Joanne Reda (2023), and Helen Eubanks (2023). She is survived by son John A. Felts; granddaughter Annika C. Felts; children Tammy L. Huntsman (Sickbert), Earl H. Sickbert Jr. (Barb Sickbert), Penny A. Jacobs (Sickbert); sisters Virginia Hawkins (Sirovy), Margorie Lockridge (Sirovy), Doris Doyle (Sirovy), Mary Nesbitt (Sirovy); and brother Jonathan Sirovy.
Services will be held at MC Smith Funeral Home, Knox, IN on March 16, 2024, at 2:00pm.
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Visitation
Saturday
16
Mar
2:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
MC Smith Funeral Home
153 E. Washington St
Knox, IN 46534
Service
Saturday
16
Mar
3:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
MC Smith Funeral Home
153 E. Washington St
Knox, IN 46534
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