SLOAN, Betty

SLOAN, Betty Jane

Betty Jane Sloan (nee Sweeney), passed away

surrounded by her family on Monday, May 24, 2021, at the age of 90. Betty was born the first day of summer, June 21, 1930, and was the daughter of the late John Sweeney and Theresa Hicks Sweeney.

A graduate of Anderson High School in Mt. Washington,

Betty owned and operated The Pep Golden Dance Studios in the late 1940's through the mid 1950's. As a teen Betty spent summers in New York City studying dance. As a dance teacher she had many students that became professional dancers. Betty learned to drive at the age of 50 and joined the staff of the Cornell Rd. McDonalds where she retired after twenty-five years at the age of eighty. She had been an active member of Christ Episcopal Church and later the Sharonville Presbyterian Church where she taught Sunday School and served on the Sharonville Police/Clergy committee. Betty enjoyed traveling and visited all fifty states, Canada, the Caribbean, Great Britain and

Europe but her favorite place was Cincinnati.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband Albert Donald Sloan and daughter Jennifer Lynn Sloan. She is survived by her son Jeffrey (Roxane); grandson Joshua; close friend Mary Bransford of Cincinnati; lifelong friends Jacqueline, John and Linda Becktold of Arizona, and relatives in Michigan, Georgia and Illinois.

The family would like to thank the staff at Chesterwood Village in West Chester, Hospice of Cincinnati, Dr. Pawel, Dr. Naz and Emily Hughes for their kindness.

Services will be held at Spring Grove Funeral Home (Schmidt-Dhonau), 10980 Reading Rd., Sharonville, Ohio, at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, with burial at Arlington Memorial Gardens on Compton Rd., Mt. Healthy. Memorials to the

Ronald McDonald House or Hospice of Cincinnati.

Condolences at www.springgrove.org.

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