Betty Jane Hormel of Vassar, age 96, passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at Covenant Health Care – Cooper in Saginaw from Covid 19 complications. Betty was born August 22, 1925 in Franklin and was the last surviving child of the late Fred and Minnie Freewald. She moved to a farm in Juniata Township at an early age with her parents and siblings.
Betty was known for her love of cars, perhaps from playing in her father's gas station garage, the first one in Franklin. She owned numerous cars including an old red MG, a GTO, the first Mustang, up to a Dodge Magnum "gangster wagon" she purchased at the age of 90. Betty was a free spirit and driving was a passion. She loved camping and traveling, and moved to Boulder, Colorado, where she liked the mountains and developed an ongoing support of wolves and the environment. After moving back to Vassar, she spent much of her time going to garage sales, where she collected dolls, knickknacks, antiques, toys, and many things she never had the space for but enjoyed the "hunt." Often these were given as gifts to family and friends. She maintained a personal "warehouse" of spare goods and if anyone mentioned "needing something," Betty would appoint herself as personal shopper and find it for them. Outgoing and social, she made friends easily. Betty will be dearly missed by family and friends alike.
In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by son, Rodney George Hormel; brothers, Floyd, Fred, and Roland; sisters, Viola Kowitz-Phelps, Ruth Strohl, Charlotte DeLong, Dorothy Fulcher, Margaret O'Brien, Helen Baxter-Hoffman, Alice Ackerman, and Maxine Conaway.
In keeping with Betty's wishes, cremation has taken place and her remains will be interred in the Juniata Township Cemetery in Watrousville next to her son Rodney, and former husband, George Hormel, just down the street from where she had lived when married. The family was assisted with these arrangements by the Ransford Collon Funeral Home of Caro. Friends may share memories, thoughts and prayers online at www.RansfordCollon.com. Remembrances and photos can be added to Betty's obituary there. There are no plans for services at this time with the ongoing Covid pandemic, however, she enjoyed poetry and wanted "The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the story of a simple honest man, life and nature, read at her memorial. This will be posted on the funeral home website. Those planning an expression of sympathy may make a donation in her honor to Betty's favorite charities St. Jude Children's Hospital, or to a wolf recovery group of your choice. She truly loved the free spirit of wild wolves.
Betty was known for her love of cars, perhaps from playing in her father's gas station garage, the first one in Franklin. She owned numerous cars including an old red MG, a GTO, the first Mustang, up to a Dodge Magnum "gangster wagon" she purchased at the age of 90. Betty was a free spirit and driving was a passion. She loved camping and traveling, and moved to Boulder, Colorado, where she liked the mountains and developed an ongoing support of wolves and the environment. After moving back to Vassar, she spent much of her time going to garage sales, where she collected dolls, knickknacks, antiques, toys, and many things she never had the space for but enjoyed the "hunt." Often these were given as gifts to family and friends. She maintained a personal "warehouse" of spare goods and if anyone mentioned "needing something," Betty would appoint herself as personal shopper and find it for them. Outgoing and social, she made friends easily. Betty will be dearly missed by family and friends alike.
In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by son, Rodney George Hormel; brothers, Floyd, Fred, and Roland; sisters, Viola Kowitz-Phelps, Ruth Strohl, Charlotte DeLong, Dorothy Fulcher, Margaret O'Brien, Helen Baxter-Hoffman, Alice Ackerman, and Maxine Conaway.
In keeping with Betty's wishes, cremation has taken place and her remains will be interred in the Juniata Township Cemetery in Watrousville next to her son Rodney, and former husband, George Hormel, just down the street from where she had lived when married. The family was assisted with these arrangements by the Ransford Collon Funeral Home of Caro. Friends may share memories, thoughts and prayers online at www.RansfordCollon.com. Remembrances and photos can be added to Betty's obituary there. There are no plans for services at this time with the ongoing Covid pandemic, however, she enjoyed poetry and wanted "The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the story of a simple honest man, life and nature, read at her memorial. This will be posted on the funeral home website. Those planning an expression of sympathy may make a donation in her honor to Betty's favorite charities St. Jude Children's Hospital, or to a wolf recovery group of your choice. She truly loved the free spirit of wild wolves.
Betty Jane Hormel of Vassar, age 96, passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at Covenant Health Care – Cooper in Saginaw from Covid 19 complications. Betty was born August 22, 1925 in Franklin and was the last surviving child of the late Fred and Minnie Freewald. She moved to a farm in Juniata Township at an early age with her parents and siblings.
Betty was known for her love of cars, perhaps from playing in her father's gas station garage, the first one in Franklin. She owned numerous cars including an old red MG, a GTO, the first Mustang, up to a Dodge Magnum "gangster wagon" she purchased at the age of 90. Betty was a free spirit and driving was a passion. She loved camping and traveling, and moved to Boulder, Colorado, where she liked the mountains and developed an ongoing support of wolves and the environment. After moving back to Vassar, she spent much of her time going to garage sales, where she collected dolls, knickknacks, antiques, toys, and many things she never had the space for but enjoyed the "hunt." Often these were given as gifts to family and friends. She maintained a personal "warehouse" of spare goods and if anyone mentioned "needing something," Betty would appoint herself as personal shopper and find it for them. Outgoing and social, she made friends easily. Betty will be dearly missed by family and friends alike.
In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by son, Rodney George Hormel; brothers, Floyd, Fred, and Roland; sisters, Viola Kowitz-Phelps, Ruth Strohl, Charlotte DeLong, Dorothy Fulcher, Margaret O'Brien, Helen Baxter-Hoffman, Alice Ackerman, and Maxine Conaway.
In keeping with Betty's wishes, cremation has taken place and her remains will be interred in the Juniata Township Cemetery in Watrousville next to her son Rodney, and former husband, George Hormel, just down the street from where she had lived when married. The family was assisted with these arrangements by the Ransford Collon Funeral Home of Caro. Friends may share memories, thoughts and prayers online at www.RansfordCollon.com. Remembrances and photos can be added to Betty's obituary there. There are no plans for services at this time with the ongoing Covid pandemic, however, she enjoyed poetry and wanted "The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the story of a simple honest man, life and nature, read at her memorial. This will be posted on the funeral home website. Those planning an expression of sympathy may make a donation in her honor to Betty's favorite charities St. Jude Children's Hospital, or to a wolf recovery group of your choice. She truly loved the free spirit of wild wolves.
Betty was known for her love of cars, perhaps from playing in her father's gas station garage, the first one in Franklin. She owned numerous cars including an old red MG, a GTO, the first Mustang, up to a Dodge Magnum "gangster wagon" she purchased at the age of 90. Betty was a free spirit and driving was a passion. She loved camping and traveling, and moved to Boulder, Colorado, where she liked the mountains and developed an ongoing support of wolves and the environment. After moving back to Vassar, she spent much of her time going to garage sales, where she collected dolls, knickknacks, antiques, toys, and many things she never had the space for but enjoyed the "hunt." Often these were given as gifts to family and friends. She maintained a personal "warehouse" of spare goods and if anyone mentioned "needing something," Betty would appoint herself as personal shopper and find it for them. Outgoing and social, she made friends easily. Betty will be dearly missed by family and friends alike.
In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by son, Rodney George Hormel; brothers, Floyd, Fred, and Roland; sisters, Viola Kowitz-Phelps, Ruth Strohl, Charlotte DeLong, Dorothy Fulcher, Margaret O'Brien, Helen Baxter-Hoffman, Alice Ackerman, and Maxine Conaway.
In keeping with Betty's wishes, cremation has taken place and her remains will be interred in the Juniata Township Cemetery in Watrousville next to her son Rodney, and former husband, George Hormel, just down the street from where she had lived when married. The family was assisted with these arrangements by the Ransford Collon Funeral Home of Caro. Friends may share memories, thoughts and prayers online at www.RansfordCollon.com. Remembrances and photos can be added to Betty's obituary there. There are no plans for services at this time with the ongoing Covid pandemic, however, she enjoyed poetry and wanted "The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the story of a simple honest man, life and nature, read at her memorial. This will be posted on the funeral home website. Those planning an expression of sympathy may make a donation in her honor to Betty's favorite charities St. Jude Children's Hospital, or to a wolf recovery group of your choice. She truly loved the free spirit of wild wolves.
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