Betty Evelyn Henry, age 92, died on July 3, 2017 at the Lane County Hospital, Dighton. She was born on July 23, 1924 in Wichita, Kansas the daughter of Harry and Lydia Roberts Poe.

She grew up two miles from Milton on a small farm. She gradutated from Milton High School in 1942, attended Southwestern College in Winfield for a semester and then transferred to St. Francis School of Nursing in Wichita. She married Lyle J. Henry on September 16, 1947 in Bazine, Kansas. He preceded her in death on August 10, 1969.

She is survived by her daughter, Kathleen Delaney and her husband Dean of Dighton; two sons, Alan Henry of Eureka and Dale Henry of Hays; two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four sisters, one brother, one sister-in-law and two grandchildren, Shelly Delaney Wesley and John Earl Henry.

Funeral service will be on Thursday, July 6, 2017, 10:00 A.M. at the United Methodist Church, Ness City. Burial in the Ness City Cemetery. Friends may call on Wednesday from 9:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. with the family present from 6-8 P.M. at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City.

Memorial contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church and the State of Kansas Talking Books, in care of Fitzgerald Funeral Home.

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