DENVER, Colo. -- Long time McCook and Trenton resident, Betty L. Hendrix, died on March 18, 2007, in Denver, Colo. She was 82. ?

Betty was born Betty Lee Parker in Wilsonville on Dec. 31, 1924, and graduated from Wilsonville High School. She majored in business at the University of Nebraska where she was a member of the Sigma Kappa sorority. Betty participated in a number of activities and was active in the Eastern Star and several bridge clubs.

Betty married Jack H. Hendrix, former District Judge, on Dec. 10, 1943, who preceded her in death in November of 2006.

Betty is survived by children, Susan Hendrix and her husband, Glenn Blauvelt of Boulder, Colo., and Lynn Hendrix and his wife, Teri of Centennial, Colo.; grandchildren, Cindy Metzler, Sally Jean Spence, Paige Hendrix, Parker Hendrix and Pierce Hendrix; and great grandchildren, Ashton Hallett and Jacob Hallett. 

A memorial service will be at St. Alban's Church in McCook at a future date, likely in late May. ?

The family has requested that any memorial contributions be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society at www.nationalmssociety.org.