Garey, Betty Carol(Colle)

Name: Garey, Betty Carol(Colle)
Burial Date: 2014, 06/10
Age at Death: 93
Plot Location: 985 E
Notes: wife of Leonard Ree Garey

Betty Carol Garey

Betty Carol Colle Garey passed away on June 5, 2014, at her home in Hutchinson. Betty Carol was born on July 24, 1921, in Saxman, Kan., to her parents, Anton “Tony” and Mabel Vera Pallister Colle.

 She graduated from Lyons High School in 1939, and from Venus Beauty School in Wichita in 1940. She owned her own beauty shop in Sterling. Betty Carol married the love of her life, Leonard Ree Garey on April 25, 1942. They lived a full life together and celebrated 72 wedding anniversaries together. During their life together, Betty lived in or visited 49 of the United States and she lived in or visited 20 foreign countries. They had two children, Keith Dean and Marilyn Carol. Betty Carol was a member of the CrossPoint Church, Westbrook Campus and she belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star.

Betty Carol was preceded in death by: her parents, Tony and Mabel Colle; two brothers, Keith and Wayne Colle; son-in-law, Robert Dee Stange. Survivors include: husband, Leonard Ree Garey of the home; son, Keith Dean Garey and wife Sharon Lynn Stafford Garey of Sterling; daughter, Marilyn Carol Garey Volin and her husband James Milton Volin of Overland Park; two grandchildren, Curt Dean Garey of New York and Kimberly Lynn Trujillo and husband Ed Trujillo of Hutchinson; two brothers, Gene Colle of Hutchinson and Loren Colle of Sterling; two sisters, Venetta Arganbright of Nebraska and Joyce Munson of California. Betty Carol was a Christian woman who loved the Lord with all her heart. She was a devoted Christian daughter, wife, mother and grandmother who is with her Lord this day.

Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at CrossPoint Church, Westbrook Campus with Pastor Dustin Busick officiating. Burial will be at Sterling Community Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with family to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Memorials may be made to CrossPoint Church, Westbrook Campus or Interim Hospice, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501. Please visitwww.elliottmortuary.com to leave condolences for Betty Carol’s family.