Betty Hunter

ALBION – Betty Jean Hunter, age 91, of Albion, passed away Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at her home in Albion, Idaho.

Betty was born on July 5, 1925, in Rupert, Idaho, to PJ and Nora MacKenzie. Betty attended Big Bend Elementary and went on to graduate from Rupert High School. She married Jack Hunter in September of 1944. The following year Betty gave birth to their identical twins, Kenneth and Keith. Betty was a military wife in her early years of marriage. She lived in South Dakota, Texas, New Jersey, California and abroad, in Paris, France.

Betty loved all children and they loved her dearly. She was “Grandma Betty” to not only her grandchildren, but to her great-nieces and nephews. She was known as the “Happy Lady” by all the other children she would meet. She also loved gardening and was known as the “Tomato Queen” to all who stopped by.

Betty’s husband, Major USAF[RET] Jack L. Hunter, preceded her in death in October 2010.

She is survived by her sons, Kenneth (Betty Jane) Hunter of Anchorage, Alaska, Keith (Kelley) Hunter of Evans, Georgia; her sisters, Ruth (Omar) Plunkett, Noreen (Ted) Haynes and JoAnn (George) Kelley; her grandchildren, Brenda (Don) Waters, Julie (Ryan) Gauthier, Joshua (Erin) Hunter; her great-grandchildren, Brittney, Ashley, Sam, Hunter, Kate and her great-great-grandson, Mason.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, her brothers, Keith and Bill MacKenzie; her sisters, Wanda Fackler and Carol Nelson.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8th, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley.