Betty Jean Johnson Meadows, 88, Iola, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at St. Francis – Via Christi Hospital in Wichita.
Betty was born Jan. 14, 1927, on a farm near Climax, the youngest child of Lowell B. and Alma (Nitsche) Grundy. She attended schools in Elk and Greenwood counties, graduating from Climax High School in 1943.
On Aug. 20, 1943, she married Dwight W. Johnson. Since he was employed by the Santa Fe Railroad, they made their home in various towns in southeast Kansas. They spent 12 years in Virgil, 17 years in Eureka and 22 years in LaHarpe. Dwight preceded her in death on Jan. 2, 1997.
Betty married E. Dwayne Meadows on Oct. 1, 1999, and they made their home in Sedan, for seven years before moving to Iola. He preceded her in death on Dec. 21, 2011.
Betty worked as a secretary for several financial institutions and insurance companies before retiring. She enjoyed gardening, sewing and camping. In later years she learned to golf. Since the age of 10, she has been a member of the Methodist Church in the community in which she lived. She was active in the United Methodist Women, camping clubs, garden clubs, and the Red Hat Society.
Survivors are one son, Robert Johnson, Lake Lotawana, Mo.; one brother, Eugene Grundy, Kansas; one sister Phyllis Broddie, DeSoto; three grandchildren, Shannon Johnson, Drexel, Mo.; Kimberly Battin and husband James, Cleveland, Mo., and Heather Carter and husband Lee, Decatur, Ala.; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant daughter, Linda Sue Johnson, six brothers and two great-grandchildren.
Cremation has taken place.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola with inurnment at a later date in the Eureka Cemetery.
Memorial fund checks should be made to the Betty Meadows Memorial Fund. The money will be used for maintenance of the old Climax school house. They may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel.
To sign the guest book or to leave a condolence go to www.iolafuneral.com.
Betty Johnson Meadows
