Elizabeth Betty Hale

Elizabeth Betty Hale, age 88 years, of Yukon, Oklahoma, formerly of Wymore, died May 19, 2012 at the Ranchwood Nursing Center in Yukon. She was born January 11, 1924 at Bennet, Nebraska and was a 1941 graduate of Bennet High School. She married Merle L. Hale on May 8, 1949 at Lincoln. Together with her brother and sister-in-law, Dick and Letha Boerrigter, they owned and operated Dick and Hale's Service Station in Wymore for 39 years, retiring in 1985. Betty had been employed in the business office at the Wymore Medical Clinic for many years. She moved to Yukon eight years ago. She was a member of the Wymore United Methodist Church and Anderson Unit #25 of the American Legion Auxiliary at Wymore. Her hobbies included playing cards, baking, and knitting.

Betty is survived by a daughter, Barbara Sandlin and her husband Bob of Yukon, OK; by four grandsons, Jake Graham and his wife Jill, and Dan Graham and his wife Heather, all of Yukon; Jake Sandlin of Oklahoma City, OK; and Bobby Sandlin of San Antonio, TX; by five great grandchildren, Jacob, Kaleb, Taylor, Luke, and Haley; by a sister, Darlene Griffin of Lincoln; by a brother, Dale Boerrigter and his wife June of Escondido, CA; by sisters-in-law, Letha Boerrigter of Wymore; and Marie Kinney of Lincoln; by a brother-in-law Beck Hale of Lincoln, and by nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin and Gertrude (Wieskamp) Boerrigter, by her husband Merle on January 24, 2004; and by her brother, Richard "Dick" Boerrigter.

Memorial service will be at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Wymore United Methodist Church, 10th & F Streets, with Pastor Dan Albers officiating. Burial will be at the Wymore Cemetery. There will be no viewing or visitation. Memorial to the church with the funeral home in charge. An online register book may be signed on www.ghchapel.com.

Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home, Wymore, is in charge of local arrangements.