Elizabeth “Betty” Jean Garner, age 65, of Bluffton, Indiana, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2026, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center in Bluffton. She was born on November 16, 1960, in Portland, Indiana, to Clarence Edward and Imogene Enola (Shively) Amstutz.

Betty graduated from South Adams High School in 1979. She began working at Berco in October 1979 and remained there until September 1990. She and her husband then moved to Noble County, where she worked as a seamstress at TaylorMade in Kendallville for one year. After her mother was diagnosed with cancer, Betty and Robert moved back to Adams County.

Betty began working at Smith Brothers on August 1, 1994, and remained there until October 2014. She then worked at EPC in Geneva for 90 days before beginning work at Bluffton Motor Works on January 19, 2015. She retired in November 2025.

Betty enjoyed camping, visiting casinos, and doing counted cross-stitch. She also dearly loved her dogs, Ricky and Lucy.

Betty is survived by two brothers, William “Bill” Amstutz of Rushville, Indiana, and Robert (Rita) Amstutz of Defiance, Ohio; one sister, Barbara (Burley) Hough of Geneva, Indiana; three stepchildren, Carla Garner, Corrine Van Skyock, and Christopher Garner, all of Portland, Indiana; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Allen Garner; her parents, Clarence and Imogene Amstutz; her older sister, Rebecca “Becky” Amstutz; and her oldest stepson, Jared Wayne Garner.

Family and friends may gather to share and remember at Downing & Glancy Funeral Home, located at 100 N. Washington Street in Geneva, on Monday, September 14, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and for one hour prior to the service on Tuesday.

A service to celebrate Betty’s life will be held at the funeral home at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, with Pastor Tim Miller officiating. Interment will follow at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Bryant, where Betty will be laid to rest beside her husband, Robert.

Arrangements are being handled by Downing & Glancy Funeral Home in Geneva.