Background
Phelps, Betty Jeane Pottenger was born on October 20, 1921 in Warsaw. Daughter of Royal and Erba Ermal (Hinkson) Pottenger.
Phelps, Betty Jeane Pottenger was born on October 20, 1921 in Warsaw. Daughter of Royal and Erba Ermal (Hinkson) Pottenger.
AB, Manchester College, 1943.
Teacher Richland Center School, Rochester, Indiana, 1943—1944, Lakeview School, Tulia, Texas, 1944—1945. Staff therapist, student supervisor Indianapolis General Hospital, 1953. Director occupational therapy James O. Parramore Hospital, Crown Point, Indiana, 1954—1955.
Consultant occupational therapy Miller's Merry Manor, Peru.
Volunteer worker Meals-on-Wheels, 1972—1986. Local contact person Hoosiers for Equal Rights Amendment. Active Common Cause, National Audubon Society.
Volunteer Leukemia Society. Member political action committee Campaign for United Nations Reform. Member of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Wilderness Society, International Platform Association, World Federalists (vice president Indiana, national board directors), Universal Esperanto Association (delegate).
Married Charles Puterbaugh Phelps, June 5, 1955 (deceased 1969). Children: Carl James, Rebecca Susan.