Betty Lou Guthrie, 82, of Laramie, formerly of Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2017 at her home.
Betty was born on June 9, 1935 to William and Ruth (Culter) Blackman in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Betty had lived in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, before coming to Laramie in 2013 to be near her daughter. She married Arthur Guthrie in Omaha, Nebraska.
Betty was a good person who loved her grandchildren and other children. She also liked to draw, color, crafts with dolls, and collecting knick-knacks.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Guthrie; son, Jerry Skaggs; siblings, Billy Jean and Nellie Blackman; and 5 grandchildren.
She is survived by her children Judy Sisneros (Tim) of Laramie, WY, Vicki Skaggs (Lemell) of Santa Clara, CA, Fredrick Guthrie (Kami) of Council Bluffs, IA, Terry Dean Guthrie of Tecumseh, NE, and John Skaggs (Kathy) of Hot Springs, SD; siblings Janice Blackman Slack of Sellersburg, IN, Raymond Blackman of California, and Carolyn Trundle of Lawrenceville, GA. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
A celebration of life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 15, 2017 at Montgomery-Stryker Funeral Home, with The Reverend Rhett Ivey, officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to https://www.gofundme.com/74qurz-funeral-expenses-for-betty
Well Mom me and Vicky went out and looked at the Christmas tree lights on people's homes. We wish you were with us all the pretty lights you really really enjoyed that. I miss you I love you I'll Always Love You always miss you. We had a good Christmas dinner I wish you were here to eat that with us. I think about you all the time Mom they just want you to know how much you mean to me how much my heart's going to take without you not being here. Good night Mom love your loving daughter Judy
Do my dear Mom I love you so much I'll never stop loving you never stop thinking about you. I wish you were here so I can hug you kiss you be near you. You always be in my heart and in my mind until the day I pass love you mom sincerely your loving daughter Judy
Hey Mom I miss you with all my heart mom we wish you were still here so we could laugh play cards do puzzles go shopping I will always be your daughter I love you with all my heart and soul mom your daughter Judy
Mom You will be missed. Love always your son Tim
I love you Grandma Betty, you’ll always be in my heart, and I’ll never forget what a wonderful great grandmother you were to me, I know that God has given you a wonderful place in heaven, because you truly were an angel
Hey Mom it's your daughter Vicki I just want to tell you how much I love you I miss you with all my heart you are my world you are my rock you are sweet kind and loving you went through your ups and downs with this kids you struggled you had a hard life I am sorry about all that but you are my mom and I loved you with all my heart now that you're in heaven take care of everybody that's up there say hi to Jerry grandma and the rest of the family and say hi and say hi to DeKeusha and Shontelle and Michael sincerely your loving daughter Vicki
I will always have our memories of living together in Iowa the fun we had .I am going to miss you but you will always in my heart. Gone but not forgotten miss and love you sis.
Fred, Mirasa, Tyresa and family....I’m so sorry to hear this about Gma/Betty. She sure was a great woman and will be missed by many. My thoughts are with you all during this time...Just think she gets to argue with grandpa Jack again and have tea with mom and Alisa now!! I love you all❤️
Rest in paradise sweet ladie.
I love you grandma..
Momma I hated for this day to come it's so hard to say good bye to someone who has always been there no matter what I know you are in a better place that's what I'm told all the time and they say things will get easier in time but I don't ever see it happening for me I can never get over the fact that I can't ever call you when I want to when I did or have you yell at me for doing something dumb. On even just to hear you say everything will be OK Fred Fred it OK I'm fine I'm not going no wear but after our call on Sunday and as I went to lay down in bed I said out loud it's OK momma if you want to go you can go and then Judy called and told me you had past away all I could do is cry for you. I love you momma and always will rest in heaven peacefully mom kisses to you up there.
Hey Mom I am writing you this text. To tell you how much I love you how much you're really going to be missed. I hope I really did a good job by taking care of you. You'll always be in my heart always being my thoughts. I'll never forget all the things and all the good times we had together when I took care of you for four and a half years. Your loving daughter JudySosneros
Hey Mom well it's almost Christmas we really miss you I know that you really love Christmas you liked All the Pretty Lights you didn't like the snow but you like those pretty lights. Me and your daughter Vicky your son Freddy your son Terry we really miss you a lot. As you know my heart will always ache for you the pain is going to be unbearable but I will do my best to try to go on without you it's going to be really hard. Love your loving daughter Judy Sisneros