Betty Jane (Pellens) Wytcherly, 82

Betty Jane (Pellens) Wytcherly, 82, passed away in Tum Tum, Wash., on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 6, in Coffelt's Funeral Chapel. Art Krebs will officiate with interment following in Pinecrest Memorial Park.

Betty was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, on Sept. 10, 1926, the daughter of Ralph and Verda Hanson. She attended Bonner County schools and married Harold Pellens on March 31, 1941 in Thompson Falls, Mont.

She worked as a sales clerk for J C Penny's, a checker for Safeway, worked for the local laundromat, and was a Fuller Brush Co. representative. She was also the relief postmistress at the Kootenai post office for eight years.

Her husband, Harold, preceded her in death in 2000.

She moved to Grants Pass, Ore., where she married Allan Witcherley in May  2005. In Grants Pass, she was active in the family wood business.

Betty was a member of the Community Church in Tum Tum, and a former Girl Scout leader. She enjoyed yard sales, riding her "quad" and playing solitaire.

She is survived by her husband Allan Wytcherley of Grants Pass, Ore.; her daughter Sharon (Dwight) Bond of Tum Tum; 10 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bud Hanson of Sandpoint and Del Hanson of Lake Chelan, Wash. Also surviving are six stepchildren, 15 step-grandchildren and numerous step-great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; and two sons, Kenneth Ralph and Phillip Harold.

Family and friends are invited to sign Betty's online guest book at www.coffeltfuneral.com.

Funeral arrangements are under the care of Coffelt Funeral Service.