Betty Lou Ashley, 79, passed away May 10, 2022, at Azria Health Woodhaven in Great Bend.
She was born Sept. 3, 1942, in Yuma, Ariz., the daughter of Lester Ervin and Rose Lee Pebsworth Patton.
Moving from Texas and later Great Bend, she was a Larned resident since 1964. She was co-owner of Dairy Queen in Larned with her husband Ernie and a charter member of the First Southern Baptist Church where she was involved in many activities from Sunday school to vacation Bible school. She was an avid doll collector and member of various doll clubs. She enjoyed making ceramics, sewing, painting, crafting, and spoiling her grandkids and great-grandkids.
On Nov. 10, 1959, she married Ernest A. Ashley at Perryton, Texas; he survives.
Other survivors include a son, Duane Ashley, Larned; two daughters, Suzan (Jim) Haynes, and Sandi Bartz, both of Larned; seven grandchildren, Michael (Jessie) Ashley, Bermerton, Wash., Jordan (Sarah) Haynes, Bixby, Okla., Tyler Ashley, Kansas City, Mo., Kaitlyn (Casey) Hatfield, Larned, Jeromy Bartz, Lincoln, Neb., Brandon Bartz, Hays, Trevor Bartz, Larned; seven great-grandchildren, Kaira Haynes, Josiah Haynes, Judah Haynes, Ariella Haynes, Colby Hatfield, Collins Hatfield, and Holden Ashley.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Ernest Lester Ashley; son-in-law, Michael Bartz; brother, Jerry Patton; sister, Sue Sharp; and granddaughter, Laura Ashley.
The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 14 at First Southern Baptist Church, Larned, with Pastor Cecil Dale presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, May 13 at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to First Southern Baptist Church or Welcome Inn Senior Center in care of Beckwith Mortuary, PO Box 477, Larned, KS 67550.