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Alberta Annette (Watts) Wayte
Sept. 29, 1928 – Sept. 15, 2022
Alberta Annette (Watts) Wayte was born in Gary, Indiana to Dr. Albert A. Watts and Mayme (Fyffe) Watts on September 29, 1928. She graduated from Horace Mann High School, Class of 1946. She then attended Christian College (now Columbia College) in Columbia, MO; and later attended Indiana University. She married Richard Wayte on February 25, 1951, they moved to Merrillville in 1953 where they lived for nearly 50 years. She was a past president and member of the Pi Chapter Beta Gamma Upsilon Sorority, was a member of the Olive Chapter of Eastern Star, a past member of the Pottawatomi Chapter of the DAR, past member of the Junior Guild of Methodist Hospital, and volunteered at Hobart Mercy Hospital for 25 years. She was employed at Gainer Bank (Chase) in the Investment and Comptroller Department from 1977 to 1991. Alberta will be remembered by friends and family for never missing an occasion to send a greeting card, year after year without fail. It was her trademark gesture; everyone fondly remembers receiving cards from Alberta.,Alberta is survived by her daughter-in-law, Amy Wayte-Tarr (Jeff); her grandson, Jason Thomas Wayte (Melissa), also Dustin Tarr, Kelly Tarr (fiance Michael Stazzante), and Kate Ramirez (Sylvester); along with her great-grandchildren: Alexis Dane Johnson (Matt), Ethan McFadyen, Kaden Wayte, Ava Strazzante, Adeline Ramirez, Rowan Ramirez and Alice Ramirez. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Kay Watts (Valparaiso) and Bonnie Ballantyne (Hobart) and numerous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by husband, Richard Wayte (d. 2005); son, Thomas A. Wayte (d. 1979); and brother, Albert A. Watts, Jr. (d. 2020).
A visitation will take place on Sunday, September 18, 2022 from 2:00-6:00 p.m. at BURNS FUNERAL HOME, 10101 Broadway, Crown Point, IN. Funeral will be held on Monday, September 19, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Burns, Crown Point. Donations may be made in Alberta's behalf to the Humane Society of Hobart. Interment Calumet Park Cemetery.
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Peggy Werner
September 18, 2022
I worked with Alberta at Gainer Bank. She was a wonderful, kind and loving lady. After she retired she would go to the same beauty shop as my mom. My mom would come home and tell me all the news about Alberta!! May Alberta Rest in Gods Peace!! I´ll keep her in my prayers.
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Diane Aden Hayes
September 17, 2022
We called her Polly on my side of the family. I think I was a teenager before I realized that wasn't her actual name. She was funny, smart and loved animals, especially her siamese and burmese cats. I loved spending Christmas eves at her house every year. Now I'm the redhead with a siamese cat, just like her. Godspeed, Polly.
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