Betty Lou (Jones) Patsche, 88, died July 16. Betty Lou was a 1947 graduate of Hamline University and worked as a teacher’s aide at Como Park Elementary School. She enjoyed creating and judging flower arrangements with the Minnesota Horticultural Society and Federated Garden Club. She was a member of St. Anthony Park Order of the Eastern Star 212.
She is survived by her husband of nearly 64 years, Gilbert; children, Ronald (Cyndy), David (Carol) Patsche and Barbara (Donald) Orr; and sister, Virginia MacArthur.
Her funeral was held July 20 at Holcomb-Henry-Boom-Purcell Funeral Home in Shoreview, with interment at Lakeside Cemetery, Fairmont, Minn.