Betty Martens
Betty Martens, 73, died March 8, 2007, at Hillsboro Community Medical Center, Hillsboro.
Born April 20, 1933, at Lehigh, she was the daughter of Jacob and Hulda Dies.
On Jan. 8, 1951, she married Elmer Martens at Independence, Mo. He died in 1987.
She was a homemaker and member of Zion Lutheran Church, Hillsboro.
Survivors include two sons, Bruce Martens of Lehigh and Jim and Virginia Martens of Hillsboro; daughter, Sandra and Terry Shaw of Hillsboro; three brothers, Harry Dies and Ronnie Dies of Lehigh and Robert Dies of Oklahoma; two sisters, Mildred Steinle and Carol Wilkening of Lehigh; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church, Hillsboro, with Pastor Bret Huebner officiating. Burial will be in Lehigh Township Cemetery, rural Lehigh.
A memorial fund has been established with the church.
