Betty L. (Wolfgram) Ray

Private Family Funeral Services for Betty L. Ray, age 90, of Madison, will be held Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Madison.  Reverend Donna Goltry will officiate.  Interment will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.  Resseguie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

She passed away Sunday, August 16, 2020 at her home in Madison.

Betty was born March 20, 1930 in Madison, Nebraska to George and Anna (Cloester) Wolfgram.

She spent her entire life in Madison, graduated from Madison High School in 1948.  Betty married Dick Ray at the Presbyterian Church in Madison on March 19, 1950, because the Methodist Church had burnt down in December of 1949. 

A member of the United Methodist Church, she served as Financial Secretary for twenty years and was a Sunday School Teacher.  She was active in L.A.F. and worked at the Alpine Café, Bank of Madison, and Madison Countryside Home.  Also, Betty served as a Girl Scout Leader and belonged to the Madison County Extension Club.

Betty loved to baby-sit, sew quilts, can, dance, play cards, and punch the casino buttons!  Her greatest pleasure was having all the family together to celebrate.  She also made lots of cookies for everyone for Christmas, and pickles for the refrigerator with her supply from the garden.

She was blessed with two daughters, Sherry (Randy) Hake and Janice (Roger) Steenken, nine grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. 

Betty was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother and two sisters.

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