Betty Weston

Betty Jean (Sharrock) Weston, 92, of Lamar, Missouri died June 8th at her home with family at her side. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday June 13th at Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 West, Columbia, Missouri with Rev. Fred Leist officiating. Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday June 13th at the funeral home. Mrs. Weston was born November 21, 1927 in rural Kenoma, Missouri to Gae and Nell Sharrock. She was a 1945 graduate of Lamar High School and graduated in 1949 from St. Johns School of Nursing in Springfield, Missouri as a Registered Nurse. She married Curtis Ross Weston on June 4, 1950 at Lamar United Methodist Church in Lamar, Missouri. He preceded her in death in 2003. During their married life they raised two children and lived in Columbia, Missouri and Destin, Florida. She worked at the University of Missouri Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for many years. Her favorite hobby was raising and showing pug dogs producing 34 champions. In her later years she enjoyed playing bridge with her friends at the Barton County Senior Center in Lamar, Missouri. Survivors include her daughter Gwen Huber and husband Tom of Golden City, Missouri and son Brent Weston and wife Joanne of Leesburg, Virginia. One sister-in-law June Osborn of Joplin, Missouri and two grandsons Clint Huber and wife Julie of Fair Oaks, Indiana and Ben Huber and wife Leann of Golden City, Missouri. Nineteen great grandchildren Jared, Josiah, Anna, Joah, Jeremiah, Aleah, Jedediah, Justus, Adaiah, Arileigh, Cyrus and Alleluia of Fair Oaks, Indiana and Aleena, Aubrie, Silas, Elizabeth, Ester, Lydia and Simeon of Golden City, Missouri. As well as four nieces and one nephew. She was a caring and loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her. Memorials are suggested to the Barton County Senior Center, 306 W. 11th Street, Lamar, Missouri 64759 in care of Mrs. Stormy Cuba.