Betty J. Friesen, 78, died Monday, March 2, 2009 at Halstead Health and Rehabilitation. She was born February 23, 1931 at Clayton, New Mexico to Abraham and Esther Esau Schmidt.
On November 2, 11952 she married Floyd V. Friesen at Halstead. She was a Halstead area resident since 1958. She was a member of Grace Chuch of God in Christ Mennonite Church.
Survivors: husband; sons, Galen (Marla) Friesen; Jerry (Verla) Friesen and Russell (Charlene) Friesen, all of Halstead; daughters, Vickie (Lynn) Koehn, Grafton, North Dakota; Bonnie (Marlin) Schmidt, Grant Nebraska; brother, Merle (Verla) Schmidt, DeRidder, La; sisters, Marjorie (Glen) Schmidt, Halstead; Joyce (Eugene) Toews, Grafton, North Dakota; and Mary Ann (Ervin) Buller, Clearwater; 20 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
Services were held at the Church with ministers Kenneth Smith, Raleigh Koehn and Marlin Unruh officiating. Burial was in Halstead Cemetery. Memorials to Good Shepherd Hospice.
