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Betty
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Betty Guenzler
June 15, 1934 — November 19, 2017
Betty Guenzler age 83, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society in Mt. Carroll. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at the Mt. Carroll Church of God, with visitation one hour prior from 10:00 to 11:00 at the church. Burial will take place in Oak Hill Cemetery in Mt. Carroll. Memorials may be made for the Pleasant Valley Church of God and the Carroll County 4-H Club.
Betty was born June 15, 1934 in Crystal, Michigan, the daughter of Mark and Marie (Bogart) Ruetger. She graduated from Nursing School at Lansing Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan in 1957 and received religious training at Huntington College. Betty worked as a missionary in Sierra Leon, Africa for nine years. After her missionary calling, she worked as a nurse at St. John’s Hospital.
Betty’s future husband, Charles Guenzler, was caring for his first wife, Juanita at their home. A group of missionary nurses, of which Betty was one, came to Mt. Carroll to help Charles care for Juanita. After Juanita’s death, Charles stayed in contact with Betty, and eventually they were married on June 8, 1985. They celebrated 32 years together and remained devoted to each other for the rest of their lives. Charles passed away twenty-two days before Betty on October 28, 2017.
Betty farmed with her husband Charles for many years. She was a member of the Pleasant Valley Church of God, rural Mt. Carroll.
Betty is survived by three sisters, Shirley Ruetger of Greenville, Michigan, Frances Proctor of Hubbardston, Michigan, and Nancy (Calvin) Hansen of Sheridan, Michigan; one brother, Don (Diane) Ruetger of Middleton, Michigan; her sister-in-law, Marjorie Mummert of rural Lanark; and many nieces, nephews and friends. Betty is preceded in death by both parents; her Husband, Charles; two sisters, Edith and Donna; a brother-in-law, Lawrence Mummert in 2005; and his nephew, Allen Mummert in 1964, who was Carroll County’s first soldier killed during service in Vietnam.
Betty was born June 15, 1934 in Crystal, Michigan, the daughter of Mark and Marie (Bogart) Ruetger. She graduated from Nursing School at Lansing Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan in 1957 and received religious training at Huntington College. Betty worked as a missionary in Sierra Leon, Africa for nine years. After her missionary calling, she worked as a nurse at St. John’s Hospital.
Betty’s future husband, Charles Guenzler, was caring for his first wife, Juanita at their home. A group of missionary nurses, of which Betty was one, came to Mt. Carroll to help Charles care for Juanita. After Juanita’s death, Charles stayed in contact with Betty, and eventually they were married on June 8, 1985. They celebrated 32 years together and remained devoted to each other for the rest of their lives. Charles passed away twenty-two days before Betty on October 28, 2017.
Betty farmed with her husband Charles for many years. She was a member of the Pleasant Valley Church of God, rural Mt. Carroll.
Betty is survived by three sisters, Shirley Ruetger of Greenville, Michigan, Frances Proctor of Hubbardston, Michigan, and Nancy (Calvin) Hansen of Sheridan, Michigan; one brother, Don (Diane) Ruetger of Middleton, Michigan; her sister-in-law, Marjorie Mummert of rural Lanark; and many nieces, nephews and friends. Betty is preceded in death by both parents; her Husband, Charles; two sisters, Edith and Donna; a brother-in-law, Lawrence Mummert in 2005; and his nephew, Allen Mummert in 1964, who was Carroll County’s first soldier killed during service in Vietnam.
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