Betty J. Schmidt
NORTH NEWTON - Betty Jean Schmidt, 81,
died Jan. 12, 2007, at Bethel Home Care Center, Kidron Bethel
Village, North Newton.
She was born Jan. 17, 1925, in Osage
County, Okla., the daughter of John Franklin and Mary Inez Hoover
Banks. She graduated from Galva High School and attended Brown Mackie
School of Business, Salina. A resident of North Newton since May
2005, moving from Galva, she was a homemaker, worked for Anthony's
Clothiers, McPherson, worked as a secretary for Galva Grade School
and the City of Galva, and co-owned and operated B&G Sundries,
Galva.
She belonged to Galva Christian Church,
Christian Women's Fellowship, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2715
Ladies Auxiliary and American Legion Post No. 24 Ladies Auxiliary.
On Feb. 14, 1947, she married Glen D.
Schmidt in McPherson. He died Feb. 14, 1996.
Survivors include: two sons, Gregory,
Machesny Park, Ill., and Tracy, Galva; two daughters, Marilyn King,
Hesston, and Teresa Koehn, Minerva, Ohio; a brother, Charles Kirby
Banks, Casper, Wyo.; a sister, Bernice Campbell, Wichita; 13
grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m.
Tuesday in Empire Cemetery, Galva. Memorial service will be at 11
a.m. Tuesday at Galva Christian Church, with the Rev. Tripp Edwards
presiding. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church,
with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be
sent to the Galva Christian Church, in care of Glidden-Ediger Funeral
Home, McPherson.
