Bette J. Barnes

Bette Jean Barnes, 77, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Shawnee Gardens Nursing Center, Shawnee, Kansas.

Bette was born January 28, 1936, in Kansas City, Missouri, to David and Miriam Barnes. She was a 1954 graduate of Rosedale High School, Kansas City, Kansas. Among many positions, she spent most of her years as a secretary for a law firm. Bette attended Olivet Baptist Church in Westwood, Kansas, for many years, where she taught Sunday School, played piano and organ and sang in the choir. She was a past leader of the Pioneer Girls Club.

Bette is survived by her sister, Virginia Henderson and husband, Bill, Shawnee, Kansas; two nephews, Jason (Sarah) Henderson, Emporia, Kansas, and Devin (Lynn) Henderson, Shawnee, Kansas; niece, Gretchen (Travis) Engstrom, Salina, Kansas.

Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Amos Family Funeral Home; burial in Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri. Friends may call from 9-10 a.m., Tuesday at the funeral home.