40 on her parents’ farm outside of Woden. The daughter of Harry and Jenny (Oster) Renicker, she was the youngest of six children.

While raising her own two daughters, Becky and Donna, Betty met Norm Ottman who also had two daughters, Deb and Rhonda. Betty and Norm were married in August of 1980. Together they became the parents of Gary and Todd; sadly, Todd died shortly after birth. Norm and Betty divorced years later.

In 2000, Betty met Jack Newton. When he retired they relocated to Hartley where Betty’s daughter was living. Jack and Betty enjoyed traveling together and seeing new places. Betty loved going to garage sales and had an extensive collection of “Betty Boop” merchandise. She also was a huge fan of daytime soap operas, but her seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren always came first. She was proud of all of them.

Jack passed away on Dec. 10, 2014. A few years later Betty became a resident of the Sanford Senior Care Center in Sheldon where she was living at the time of her death on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at the age of 80.

Left to cherish her memory are her three children: Becky and Charlie Brown, of Hartley; Donna Paris, of Waukon; and Gary and Gina Ottman, of Boscobel, Wis.; seven grandchildren: Dustin Brown, Amber (Brown) Neumann, Dana DeVary, Adam DeVary, Kyle DeVary, Peyton Ottman and Austin Ottman; four great-grandchildren: Kaylee, Shelby, Nicholas and Aspen; and one sister, Jeanette McAllister.

Preceding her in death were her parents, Harry and Jenny Renicker; her sisters: Marie Swisher, Alice Jandl and Irene Nelson; and one brother, Martin Renicker.

A celebration of life service will be held at a later date. Hartley Funeral Home is assisting with the arrangements.