Betty Jean Collings Hope, 54, of Owensboro, Ky., died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at her home. Betty Jean Collings or “Jeannie” as known by her friends was born January 10, 1961 in Owensboro to Carol Edwin & Thelma Rhea Hayden Collings and was married to Jimmy Dale Hope. Jeannie was a member of St. Sebastian Catholic Church in Calhoun and served several years as an R.N. working in Oncology and with Children’s’ Psychiatry and Home Health. She enjoyed boating on the Green River, sewing, and antiquing.
Jeannie was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Dale Hope, in 1997, and her mother, Thelma Hayden Collings, in 2003.
Survivors include her father, Edwin Collings, of Glenville; seven sisters, Belinda Thomson, of Owensboro, Carol Hulette, of Beaver Dam, Cathy Stewart, of Pleasant Ridge, Jane Gotowicki, of Owensboro, Loretta English, of Utica, Ellen Cole, of Louisville, and Amy Collings, of Owensboro; three brothers, Joe Collings, of Beech Grove, David Collings, of Calhoun, and Jeremy Collings, of Owensboro; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends my visit with Jeannie’s Family from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Muster Funeral Homes, Calhoun Chapel. Burial will be private at Calhoun Cemetery.
The family asks that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Betty Jean Collings Hope, Memorial Fund; C/O Muster Funeral Homes, P. O. Box 160; Calhoun, KY 42327. Envelopes will be available at Musters in Calhoun.
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