Herschel Benton Betts

Monday, May 20, 2019

Herschel Benton Betts

Nov. 15, 1926 - May 15, 2019

HAYS, Kan. — Herschel Benton Betts, 92, died Wednesday (May 15, 2019), at The Willow House Assisted Living in Hays.

He was born in Norcatur, Kan., on Nov. 15, 1926, to Jacob and Loretta (Belt) Betts.  He graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1945, served in the U.S. Army, and attended Fort Hays State College.

He married Marion Joan Bremer on Aug. 17, 1949. He taught and coached at Coldwater and Ulysses, and at Concordia from 1956 to 1968.  He was the high school principal at Oberlin from 1968-1981.  

He was member of the Oberlin Rotary, the Oberlin United Methodist Church, Fort Hays University Alumni Association, and was a Decatur County Commissioner. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents, Samuel and Eliza (Andekmann) Betts and Bailey and Mary Belt; brother, James; and sister, Phyllis (Ray) Lohoefener.

Survivors include his wife, Marion; children, Gene Betts and wife, Jan of Austin, Texas, J. Rod Betts and wife, Lisa Kay of La Jolla, Calif., and Susan McMonagle and husband, Charles of Bellingham, Wash.; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Services are today, Monday, May 20, 2019, 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Oberlin. Inurnment will follow at the Oberlin Cemetery. Memorials can be given to the Oberlin Country Club Golf Course, Oberlin United Methodist Church, Oberlin Library, Fort Hays University Foundation, or Oberlin Cemetery (Memorial Tree Project) and may be sent in care of Pauls Funeral Home, 121 N. Penn Ave, Oberlin, KS  67749.  Online condolences may be left for the family at www.paulsfh.com

Pauls Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.