Bettie Jean Shank, age 94, died on January 6, 2018 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City. She was born on November 9, 1923 in Bazine, Kansas the daughter of Frank and Mary (Grimmett) Lent.

Bettie was a 1941 graduate of Bazine High School and she was a member of the First Baptist Church, Bazine. For several years she worked at the Bazine State Bank.

She married Harry Shank on June 8, 1947 in Bazine. He preceded her in death on August 20, 2017. She is survived by her son, Harold Shank and his wife, Jan of Hanston; her daughter, Jean Petersilie and her husband, Doug of Ness City; five grandchildren, Katie and Travis Ruff, Jared and Erin Petersilie, Travis and Laurie Petersilie, Brad and Tara Shank, and Kalyn and Kyle Newman; and 13 great grandchildren, Garrett, Jessie, and Kody Ruff, Ethan and Jadyn Petersilie, Emma, Isabel, and Aubrey Petersilie, Devin, Talon, and Ryker Shank, and Koby and Kade Newman.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her brother, Robert Lent.

Funeral service will be on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 10:00 a.m. at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City with burial following in the Crandall Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. with the family present from 6-8 pm.

Memorial contributions may be given to the First Baptist Church, Bazine or Ness County EMS, Ness City.

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