Bette Jo Bray

1949 - 2015

Bette Jo Bray

Bette Jo Bray, nee Lewis, 65, of Trenton, Ill., born April 3, 1949, in Highland, Ill., died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, Ill.

Bette Jo had worked at the Western Clinton County Senior Services in Trenton as dietician manager and previously worked at Faith Countryside Homes in Highland as dietician manager. She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren, gardening, flowers and an avid bird watcher.

Bette Jo was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Trenton and the Trenton VFW Auxiliary.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Lucille, nee Alberternst, Lewis; and her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Paul and Virginia Bray.

Surviving are her husband, Harold "Butch" Bray, whom she married on April 27, 1970, at St. John United Church of Christ in Trenton, Ill.; her children, Kurt (Lisa) Bray, Lisa Rowold, Amy (friend Eric Stelfox) Bray all of Trenton, Ill.; four grandchildren, Kelsey and Lauren Bray and Blake and Brooke Rowold; brothers and sisters, Charlotte (Gary) Reymond of Trenton, Gary (Chris) Lewis of Aviston, Joe (Connie) Lewis of Germantown and Janet (John) McDaniel of Albers; and sisters-in-law, Diane (Robert) Schneider and Janice (Keith) Vogt all of Highland.

Memorials can be made to Trenton Park Boosters or the donor's choice and will be received at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy can be sent to www.mossfuneralhome.com

Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, and 8 to 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at Moss Funeral Home in Trenton, Ill. The Trenton VFW Auxiliary will hold services at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Funeral: Funeral Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday Jan. 21, 2015, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Trenton with Father Joseph Rascher and Father Edward Schaefer officiating. Interment will be at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Trenton.

MOSS FUNERAL HOME, Trenton, Ill.