Mercer, Pennsylvania - Betty Jane (Bennett) Mellott, 97, of Mercer, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 at UPMC Horizon-Shenango Hospital, Farrell.

She was born on Oct. 5, 1928, in Point Marion, Pa., the daughter of the late Eugene and Margaret (Rheinhart) Bennett. She attended Point Marion High School.

While working at the local movie theater, she met the love of her life, Harold Junior Mellott, and they were united in marriage on May 4, 1950. Harold "June" preceded her in death on Dec. 25, 2014.

Betty and June started their family together in Everett. However, it was her husband's trucking career that would take them to Butler.

Eventually, they would move one more time to Mercer. Along the way, Betty made lifetime friendships that she treasured even up to her last day. She never met a stranger. She enjoyed chatting with anyone she met.

She often recounted stories of her past, which included family vacations, camping trips she had been on with her family and life in Point Marion.

Her family and friends meant the world to her, and she cherished her pictures of them, visits and weekly phone calls from them.

She will forever be loved and missed by so many.

She is survived by four children, Charles (Shirley Ann (Donaldson)) Robert Mellott Sr., Everett, Harold (Cheryl Barkman) Dennis Mellott, Clearville, Brenda (Robert Charles) Kay Patterson, Grove City, and Lonnie Judson (Terry (McCluskey)) Mellott, Mercer; five grandchildren, Charles (Nicki (Miller)) Robert Mellott, Bellefonte, Christie (Darrell) Renee (Mellott) Datko, Clarion, Robert Charles Patterson Jr. and Kelly Ann Patterson, both of Grove City, Matthew Cory Mellott, Mercer; five great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a brother-in-law, Don Jackson, Mt. Pleasant, Pa.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband and two sisters, Mary Lou Tousley and Joyce Ann Jackson.

MELLOTT

Betty Jane, 97, of Mercer.

Service: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday (11-10-25) in the Chapel at AKERS FUNERAL HOME Inc. and CREMATIONS SERVICES, 299 Raystown Road, Everett, Pa., with Pastor Sue Detterline officiating.

Private interment: Bedford County Memorial Park, Bedford, Pa.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.akersfuneralhome.com