Betty M. (Jennrich) Soukup passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021 at
the Ellsworth County Medical Center in Ellsworth, Kansas, at the age of
89. She was born on August 26, 1931 in Russell, Kansas to Frank Sr. and
Violet (Heard) Jennrich. She was united in marriage to Henry Soukup in
Russell, Kansas on August 6, 1958. They were blessed with 3 children,
Marcia, Twila and Lawrence. They lived on the family farm near Wilson
and in 1976 they moved to Wilson where she spent the remainder of her
life.
Betty was raised in the Russell area and graduated from Paradise
High School where she played basketball. She never gave up the love for
sports as she watched basketball and football whenever she could.
Following high school, she moved to Salina with her sister and worked as
a Nurses Aide at the Asbury Hospital in Salina. Later after raising her
children she became a Certified Nurses Aide. She really enjoyed
visiting and assisting the elderly. Betty was a member of the St. Joseph
Catholic Church in Dorrance, Kansas, the Altar Society, and D. of I.
Betty enjoyed bowling; the highlight of her bowling career was when she
earned the KWBA Grand Duchess Award at the Kansas State Bowling
Tournament in Topeka, Kansas. She also enjoyed traveling around the area
to play bingo.
Left to cherish Betty’s memory are her children, Twila (Roger)
Angell of Medicine Lodge, KS; son, Lawrence of Wilson; sister, Doris
Dolezal of Kanopolis, KS; four granddaughters, Marcie (Kyle) Borwick of
Riverside, CA, Mindy (Cory) Willis of Platte City, MO, Lisa (Clinton)
Kershner of Rush Center, KS, and Kimberly Angell of Platte City, MO; and
six great-grandchildren, Nysa Price, Lillian Savala, Hazel Willis, Jack
Borwick, Nash Kershner, and Henry Willis.
Betty is preceded in death by her parents, Frank Sr. and Violet
Jennrich; husband, Henry Soukup; daughter, Marcia; and three brothers,
Frank Jennrich Jr., Robert, and Wiliam Dean.
Betty was a woman of love and faith. She knew how to serve God, her
family, and enjoy life along the way. She will be greatly missed by all
who knew her, but the celebration of her life and memories will never be
forgotten.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, February 2, 2021
at 10:30 AM at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Wilson. Visitation
will be held on Monday 4 PM to 8 PM with a D of I Rosary at 7 PM at the
funeral home in Wilson.
Memorials are suggested to D of I or St. Joseph’s Altar Society and
may be sent in care of Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, PO BOX 533,
Wilson, KS 67490.