Betty L. (Kidder) Struthers

Obituary

Betty L. Struthers, 91 of Grand Island, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island. 

Graveside Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on September 17, 2022 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska 

Jacobsen-Greenway-Dietz Funeral Home in St. Paul is assisting the family.

Betty was born on December 12, 1930 to Glen and Pearl (Reisdorff) Kidder.  Betty had the nick name of “Sis” all of her life.  She attended South High School in Omaha.  She lived most of her life in the Omaha area. Betty was united in marriage to Marvin Struthers, the love of her life, on October 16, 1948, right out of school.  She truly enjoyed being a homemaker and mother to their two daughters, Lynn and Sandy.

They moved to Grand Island in 1973 for Marvin’s job and lived there the rest of their lives. Marvin passed away in 2007. She loved being a grandmother to her grandchildren Doug, Leigh, and Dorie.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital. 

Those left to cherish her memory include her daughters and son-in-law, Sandy and Lynn Budde of Phillips and Lynn Green of Tucson, Arizona; three grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews. 

Betty was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marvin; brothers, Glenn Kidder, Ralph Kidder, and Fred Kidder; and infant sister, Rose Ann Kidder.

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