Betty Linscheid
(1929 - 2020)
Obituary
Betty Linscheid, 90, passed away Feb. 3, 2020, in Newton.
Betty June Hartzler was born July 29, 1929, at Trinity Hospital, Minot, North
Dakota, to Ed and Mary (Martin) Hartzler.
She grew up and attended school at Surrey, North Dakota,
until October 1937, when the family moved to Jackson, Minnesota, because of the
drought, as Dad did not take the binder out the shed for three years. There,
she attended school at Alpha in a one-room country school. She walked to the
country school with her brother, Charles. She attended high school at Jackson,
going by bus. Her senior year, she went to Hesston Academy, graduating in the
class of 1947. She attended the Alpha Mennonite Church, rural Alpha. She
accepted Christ as her personal Savior and was baptized as a teenager, teaching
Sunday School and Summer Bible School.
As part of the Greatest Generation, Betty was well
acquainted with hard times through the Great Depression, helping with chores on
the farm and in the home. Growing up, Betty learned to be frugal, which is
something that carried her well for her entire life.
After high school, Betty got bookkeeping jobs at the Ben
Franklin Store and M & JR Hakes Wholesale Grocery Co. in Jackson and La
Junta Mennonite Hospital in Colorado. Later, she worked as a secretary at the
La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing. She then returned to Jackson and worked
at First National Bank for 15 years.
She married Ray Linscheid May 21, 1960, at the First
Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. After their marriage, they
attended First Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake. They lived in Butterfield,
Minnesota, for three and a half years and then in Jackson for three and a half
years. They moved to Hesston in May 1967, where she worked at Hesston State
Bank for a short time and then went to Hesston Corporation (now AGCO) until she
retired in 1986. They attended Hesston Mennonite Church while living in
Hesston.
On Nov. 1, 1988, Betty and Ray moved to Glencroft Retirement
Community, Glendale, Arizona. After she retired, she found great pleasure in
volunteer work and was manager of Greencroft Gift Shop for 10 years. She also
did a lot of baking for their annual sale each year in March and was in charge
of the baked goods booth. She loved to bake and collected many cookbooks.
Betty enjoyed family reunions and visiting with relatives,
and helping organize and attending class reunions at Hesston College.
She loved classical music and sang in choirs presenting the
cantatas "Messiah," "Elijah," and "The Holy
City." She enjoyed singing four-part harmony.
Betty and Ray enjoyed traveling to all parts of the U.S.,
including Hawaii and Alaska. They took bus tours and enjoyed God's wonderful
scenery.
She loved embroidery work, playing table games like Rook,
Mexican Dominoes, SkipBo and UNO, and word search and jigsaw puzzles.
Betty loved her nieces and nephews as if they were her own
children. She sent birthday, anniversary and Christmas cards to her family and
friends.
After her husband passed away in Arizona in August 2005, she
moved back to Hesston in May 2007, to a duplex at Schowalter Villa. She
volunteered at Newton Medical Center Gift Shop, Hesston College, Schowalter
Villa Partners, and Harvey County Health Department.
Betty blessed her family and friends with the value of
faith, laughter and a warm smile. Her widow friends meant a lot to her. She
remained faithful in her loyalty to the church and to Christ as her Lord. She
loved God and the Hesston Mennonite Church family was a vital part of her life.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ed and Mary
Hartzler; her husband, Ray Linscheid; and brother, Charles Hartzler.
Survivors include brother, Frank (Audrey) Hartzler of
Marshalltown, Iowa; sister-in-law, Vernie Hartzler of Jackson, Minnesota; two
nieces, Anita Handevidt of Jackson and Neysa Hartzler of Marshalltown; and four
nephews: Doug Hartzler of Jackson, Greg Hartzler of Alpha, Minnesota, Anthony
Hartzler of Hiawatha, Iowa, and Chris Hartzler of Ankeny, Iowa; and seven
great-nieces and eight great-nephews.
Memorials to Schowalter Villa Good Samaritan Fund or
Mennonite Central Committee, c/o Hesston Mennonite Church, 309 S. Main,
Hesston, KS 67062-8901. Cards of Condolence can be sent to Frank and Audrey
Hartzler, 2901 S. Second St., Marshalltown, IA 50158.
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every
activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die."
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
