Betty Jo (Johnston) Prieskorn |
| Posted 2020-08-16 by mhenderson |
| Published in Today's News-Herald on Aug. 16, 2020 - Lake Havasu City, Arizona - (personal article, page 5a) Betty Jo (Johnston) Prieskorn went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 3, 2020. She was 93 years old. Betty Jo was born May 16, 1927, to Lewis and Blanche (Allen) Johnston in White Plains, Kentucky. The family moved to Wayne, Michigan, where Betty Jo graduated from Wayne Memorial High School in 1944. She met her husband, Carl A. Prieskorn, in the young people’s group at First Baptist Church Wayne, and they married two years later on August 3, 1946. Three years later, they had their one son, Bryan. Betty Jo worked as a bank teller for 15 years at National Bank of Detroit in Wayne, Michigan. After she retired, she spent her years planning and orchestrating social events at her church, working in Pioneer Girls, and serving on the church’s mission board. Her quirky sense of humor and her ability to talk to anyone made her an asset to any group she joined. After the death of her husband in 1984, she moved to Lamar, Missouri, to be near her two sisters and to help take care of her aging mother. She later moved to Lake Havasu City in 1992 to be near her son and his family. Betty enjoyed traveling. Despite the distance, even into her late-80s, Betty drove herself on a yearly cross-country road trip to visit her sisters in Missouri. She also loved attending gospel music quartet conventions, Kentucky school reunions, and visiting her many cousins. Betty was an avid collector of all things hummingbird and a faithful member of the WOW Bible study. She also enjoyed watching Wheel of Fortune, doing search-a-word puzzles, playing Solitaire, and reading as many Christian fiction books as she could get her hands on. She is preceded in death by her husband Carl Prieskorn, parents Lewis and Blanche Johnston, father-in-law Conrad Prieskorn, mother-in-law Cora (Maahs) Prieskorn, brother-in-law Larry Prieskorn, and sister-in- law Alvera (Prieskorn) Lewis. Betty is survived by her son Bryan Prieskorn and her daughter-in-law Cyndee of Lake Havasu City, AZ, grandchildren Dawn Zapata (Aaron) of Yorba Linda, CA, and Aaron Prieskorn (Tangie) of Fountain Hills, AZ, five great-grandchildren Levi (her birthday buddy), Malachi, Jordan, Asher, and Charlotte with another little one due in January. She is also survived by her sisters Nell Ruth (Finley) Voorhees and Robbie Sue King, both of Lamar, MO, a sister-in-law Harriet Fowler of Pittsfield, MA, and also several nephews, nieces, and cousins. We would like to thank Hospice of Havasu and GEMS for the wonderful love and care they bestowed on our Betty Jo. No service is planned at this time. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hospice of Havasu or Lake Havasu Baptist Church. Arrangements were placed in the care of Mohave Memorial Lake Havasu Mortuary. |
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