Betty Jane Beuchat

Betty Jane Beuchat, 58, Topeka, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, at Midland Hospice House. She was born July 31, 1945, in Berryton, to Harley Harrop Lutz and Nellie Jane Roberts. Mrs. Beuchat was a lifelong resident and graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in 1963. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She married Larry Dean Beuchat on April 1, 1967, in Topeka. He survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Rachelle Jane Hocking and Tonya Deanelle Widow, both of Topeka; three grandchildren; her mother, Nellie Lutz, Berryton; and brother, Gary Lutz, Berryton. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 21st and Kings Row. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Berryton. Mrs. Beauchat will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel after 3 p.m. Thursday, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Kansas Dialysis Services, 634 S.W. Mulvane, Topeka, 66606. Online condolences may be offered at www.penwellgabel.com .