Betty Jean (Humbarger) Bolte
June 20, 1930 ~ May 28, 2024
Betty Jean (Humbarger) Bolte died Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.
Betty was born June 20, 1930, in Salina to Lee and Minnie (Walle) Humbarger.
Ernst and Betty were united in marriage on July 17, 1949, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Salina. Betty was a member of the Culver United Methodist Church where she served as a board member. For many years, she made the communion bread that she helped serve the first Sunday of the month. Betty was an active member of the church’s quilting group helping to make a quilt each year for the After Harvest Festival. Her love of baking found her providing homemade pies for farm sale luncheons, funeral dinners, and the After Harvest Festival. Betty was first a helpmate to Ernst and mother to Steve and Glenice and worked tirelessly during harvest to provide a homecooked meal at noon and in whatever field they were working in at the time. She rushed to do chores and then back to the field again with more food at 4:00 P.M. to serve what was called “lunch.” Betty was employed at Nickerson Farms, located off I-70 and the Culver Road as a waitress for 11 years. She enjoyed serving neighbors as well as those traveling on I-70 to their destinations.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Ernst; parents; brother, Milford Humbarger and his wife, Ivagene; and grandson, Duane Lee Bolte.
Survivors are her son, Steve Bolte and his wife, Chris; daughter, Glenice Cox and her husband, Michael; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Monday, June 3, 2024, from 5;00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at Wilson Family Funeral Home, Minneapolis, with Pastor Tom Corman officiating. Burial will be in Crown Point Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Culver United Methodist Church and left in care of Wilson Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 166, Minneapolis, KS 67467.
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