Elizabeth (Betty) Martinez, age 80,
passed away on November 5, 2022, in Newton, Kansas. Betty was born
July 8, 1942 in Marion, Kansas to Juan and Josephina (Morales)
Martinez. Through three marriages she is survived by nine children.
Tom and Mary (Torres) Jaso, Christopher and Mary (Breon) Martinez, Jo
Ann and Mark Pauley, Rose Paige, Roberta Jaso, Felicitas Jaso Cantu
and fianc? David Morrison, Erminio and Valarie (Whitted) Guerrero,
Shelly (Guerrero) Salcido, Mario Guerrero along with 33
grandchildren, 49 great grandchildren and 1 great-great
grandchildren, a sister Dorothea Pineda of Chicago and brother
Guadalupe and Francis Martinez of Newton. Betty retired from Norcraft
Industries after 25 years of employment as an assembler. She enjoyed
spending time with her family and friends, sitting on the porch and
reading with her dog ?Nano?, going to bingo, cooking and cheering
on her favorite team, the Miami Dolphins. The highlight of her
travels was taking a cruise to the Caribbean with all nine of her
children. Betty kept everyone laughing with her crazy sense of humor
and contagious laugh. She will be greatly missed and always in our
hearts. Betty was preceded in death by parents Juan and Josephina
Martinez, brothers Marcus, Benito, Stephen, George, Michael, Reyes
and Joseph Martinez, and sisters Phyllis, Luisa (Gomez) and Angela
(Garcia). Grandson Thomas Nicholas Cantu and granddaughter Elizabeth
Jean Pauley, husbands, Robert (Bobby) Jaso (Widowed in 1973), John C.
Piland and Erminio M. Guerrero. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be
Monday, November 14, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe
Church. Funeral services will be conducted by Father Jorge Lopez on
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe
Church, followed by burial services at St. Mary?s Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to Caring Hands Humane Society,
and Our Lad of Guadalupe Alter Society of Newton, Kansas and left in
care of Petersen Family Funeral Home.
