Bette (Cone) Martin

Bette (Cone) Martin

June 16, 1942 - July 6, 2014

WILSONVILLE, Neb. -- Bette (Cone) Martin, daughter of James and Mildred Cone, was born June 16, 1942. Bette attended various schools growing up and graduated with the Shenandoah High School Class of 1960 in Shenandoah, Iowa. On Feb. 27, 1965, she married Richard Martin at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Grand Island, Nebraska. They have lived on a farm west of Wilsonville, Nebraska for the past 49 years. Bette passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 6, 2014, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska.

Bette loved to spend quality time with family and friends. She enjoyed learning and earned an AA Degree from McCook Community College. Bette continued her education and studied business administration at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She also combined her love of flying with photography by taking aerial farm photos in Kansas. Other hobbies included cooking, reading, knitting, and sewing dresses for underprivileged girls in Africa and Mexico. Family and friends describe Bette as a kind, generous, and loving person.

Bette was preceded in death by James R. and Mildred W. Cone (parents), James Leroy Cone (brother), and James August Martin (son).

Survivors include: husband, Richard Martin of Wilsonville; daughter, Suzanne Martin of Colorado Springs, Colorado; son, daughter-in-law and grandson, Andrew, Kellie and Robert (Gus) Martin of El Paso, Texas; sister, Mary Stewart ofCouncil Bluffs, Iowa; brother and sister-in-law, Joseph and Donita Cone of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; sister and brother-in-law, Patricia and Robert Guzman of Robins, Iowa; Martin family brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, numerous nephews and nieces, and other relatives and friends.

The Rosary service will be at Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, 2014. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 11, 2014, at St. John's Catholic Church in Cambridge. Burial will follow the funeral at the Lebanon Cemetery in Lebanon, Nebraska.

Visitation will be available Thursday, July 10, 2014, from 9:30 a.m. until after the Rosary service.

Memorial contributions can be made to Compassion International for Water of Life, Wounded Warrior Project or Butler Memorial Library in Cambridge.

Lockenour-Jones Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.