Obit:

Betz, Jennie (1907 - 1987)

Contact:

Stan

Email:

stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames:

BETZ ROASH DOLENCE KIRN HERRICK

----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection; TRIBUNE-RECORD-GLEANER 10/28/1987


JENNIE BETZ


Jennie Betz, 80, Willard, Clark County, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1987 at 9:45 a.m. at Neillsville Hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday, Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Church, Willard, Rev. James Lesczynski officiating. Burial was in Willard Cemetery. Grandsons serving as pallbearers were Scott and Greg Herrick, and Jim, Bruce, Kelly and Kent Kirn.


Jennie Romash was born Oct. 7, 1907 in Rock Springs, Wyo. To Matt and Jennie (Dolence) Romash. After moving to the area, she received her education in the Gorman School. She married Martin Kirn they later divorced. In 1959, she and John Betz were married in Iowa. She had worked in Milwaukee in her early years. After her marriage she worked at the Neillsville Memorial Hospital and also farmed in the Town of Hendren. She had been a resident of Neillsville Memorial Home for the past 10 years.


Survivors include three sons, Donald, and Roger, both of Willard, and Kenneth, Elkhorn one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Marian) Herrick, Willard 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband, two sisters and one brother.


Rinka Funeral Home, Greenwood, handled the arrangements.

 

 


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