MOUNT CARMEL â Betty Ruth Riley Mair, 94, passed peacefully in her sleep on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at Wabash General Hospital. She was the youngest of eight children born to Mary Ann (Hatfield) and Charles W. Riley in Owensville, Indiana, on Jan. 22, 1926.
After graduating from Owensville High School in 1944, Betty attended Central Beauty College in Indianapolis, Indiana. Upon completion of college, she was employed by Marinella Beauty Shop in Princeton, Indiana, along with her sister Lorraine.
Upon return from the Navy, Bob Mair lived in Princeton. He spied his future wife sitting at the corner of a local restaurant. They were married six months later Dec. 31, 1946. In 1949 they moved to Mt. Carmel, where they settled and were active in the community and their church, Trinity United Methodist. As a 67-year member of Trinity, Betty kept very busy. She taught Sunday School, helped with Bible School, and provided food for the many meals served at the church. Betty decorated a ta