Betty Baum

Betty Sue Baum, 75, of Benton Harbor passed away onSunday, September 8, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph.

Betty was born March 31, 1938 in McHenry, Kentucky the daughter of the late Charles and Marie (Culbertson) Trail. Betty married Paul Baum on Labor Day 1976 and they shared 32 years together before his death on July 3, 2008. Betty was retired from as Roxy’s Hamburg St. Joseph, as a cook. She had been an active and volunteer member of the both the Elks Club 544 of Benton Harbor and the Moose Lodge of Benton Harbor.

Survivors include her daughter - Anita K. VanderKooi of Benton Harbor; her brother Larry G. (Margaret) Trail of Benton Harbor; and her sister Doris K. Schnieder of Sodus; six grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

Betty was also preceded in death by four children: Ginger Johnson, Robert Daniels, Timothy Daniels and Vernon Daniels.