OSAGE CITY, Kan. – Betty Jean Woodward, 88, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, at the Osage Nursing Center in Osage City, Kan. She was born on Sept. 2, 1935, in Burlingame, Kan., the daughter of George and Hazel (Howe) Fry.
Betty grew up in Burlingame, lived there until she was 18, and then lived in Vassar, Kan., for 50 years. She then lived in Emporia, Overbrook, and Osage City.
Betty worked as a linotype operator for the Journal Free Press, in Osage City. She worked for the Kansas Department of Administration as an accountant for 25 years. She was a member of the Vassar United Methodist Church, the Red Hat Society, and had volunteered at Stormont-Vail and Newman hospitals.
On Dec. 22, 1952, Betty was united in marriage to Harold Woodward Jr., in Burlingame. To this union three children were born, Cassandra, Jane and David.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Harold, on Feb. 9, 2005; parents, George and Hazel; son-in-law, Fred Sweetwood; brother, John Fry; brother-in-law, George Ohlson; and two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Betty is survived by her three children, David Woodward, of Osage City, Cassandra Sweetwood, Quenemo, Kan., and Jane (Joe) Smith, Vassar; two sisters, Helen Ohlson, Wichita, Kan., and Linda (Dean) Schutter, Topeka, Kan.; sister-in-law, Charlene Fry, Topeka; and three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at Feltner Funeral Chapel, Lyndon, Kan. Burial will be in the Vassar Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Betty Woodward Memorial Fund, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. Condolences can be left at feltnerfuneralhome.com.
