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Betty (Larrie) (Strathman) Bills

Posted 2018-12-18 by mhenderson
Published in Today's News-Herald on Dec. 18, 2018 -
Lake Havasu City, Arizona -

Betty "Larrie" Bills passed away in Lake Havasu City at the age of 93
on Dec. 11, 2018. She was born in Duluth, Minnesota on Sept. 20, 1925.

Larrie was a "Cali-Girl", having left Minnesota and moving to
California at a young age. She worked at Orlando's Restaurant in
Pomona, California for more than 20 years and then worked as a
cafeteria dietician for the Ontario/Montclair School District. She
moved to Lake Havasu with her daughter Cindi and son-in-law Dave in
January of 2018.

She loved family get-togethers and treasured her friends in California
so much. She enjoyed playing bunco and bingo with them. She enjoyed
getting her hair and nails done and her coffee and cookies every
morning. She liked reading, gardening, seek-n-find word books, and in
her younger years, needlepoint, and art. She was excellent at drawing
and painting. Larrie was a strong, opinionated, and independent woman.
She was an animal lover as well.

Larrie is preceded in death by her husband; Virgil Bills, parents; Guy
and Sarah Strathman, and her first grandson; Shane Burch.

She is survived by her daughters; Cindi (David) Brutsman and Debbi
(Bob) Tommer, grandchildren; Elyssa, Cathy,Lizzy, Bernie, Adam,
Brianne, and Travis, and great-grandchild; Raegan.

A funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic
Church on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 at 11 a.m.

Entombment to follow at Bellevue Mausoleum of Ontario, California on
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.

Services were entrusted to the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home.
Thoughts and condolences can be sent to the family at
www.lietzfrazefuneralhome.com.

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