Betty Jo Hertzler

January 25, 1928 - January 9, 2019

A “Celebration of Life” for BETTY JO HERTZLER,90, will be held at 1pm Friday, January 18, 2019 at the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church with Reverend Bruce McBurney officiating. Betty Jo passed from this life on January 9, 2019 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and her earthly body has been cremated and after the service her ashes will be interned in Valley View Cemetery. A reception will be held in the church parlor after the internment. Please feel free to stay in the church parlor until the family returns. Memorials may be given in her name to the church or donor’s choice.Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and condolences may be sent to www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Betty Jo was born January 25, 1928 the fourth of five children born to Harry A and Maud A (Bright) McDaniel in Torrington, Wyoming. She attended elementary school in Lingle and Torrington graduating from Torrington High School in 1945. After attending college in Muskingum, Ohio, Betty Jo and her sister Vena taught in a rural school called Katzer for one year. On June 29, 1947 she married M.L. (Bud) Hertzler in Torrington. She went to live on the Hertzler farm southwest of Veteran, Wyoming. Three sons were born to Betty Jo and Bud. They were Gary Lee in 1948, Gregory Lloyd in 1950 and Dean Brent in 1955. She was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church in Torrington at a young age. She taught Sunday School, served on the Trustees, was an Elder, was Church Treasurer for twelve years and Treasurer of the Wyoming Presbyterian Women and the local Presbyterian Women. Music was a major part of Betty Jo’s life. She studied voice for many years. She sang in the church choir, starting at age thirteen. She sang for weddings, funerals, and participated in Church Services and Community Musicals. She was a member of “Friends of Music”. She served as State President of the Wyoming Federation of Music Clubs and was a Board Member of the National Federation of Music Clubs. Betty Jo served as Presidents of the Veteran Community Extension Club, Veteran American Legion Auxiliary and the Goshen County Farm Bureau Women. In 1975 she was elected to the Wyoming Farm Bureau Board of Directors. She was also past President of PEO, Chapter AK. Surviving Betty Jo is son Dean and wife Jeanette of Veteran, Wyoming, son Gregory and wife Diana of Perth, Australia, grandson Joshua and wife Ashley, granddaughter Miriam, great grandchildren, Madison and Everett all of Denver, Colorado, seven cousins and eighteen nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were: husband Bud, son Gary Hertzler, grandson Denton Hertzler, daughter-in-law Christine Hertzler, brothers Ward E. McDaniel and Robert A. McDaniel, sisters Vena Runyan and husband T. Wayne and Roberta Noble and husband Harold.