Elizabeth L. “Betty” Foxhoven

WYNOT — Elizabeth L. “Betty” Foxhoven, 91, Wynot, died March 18, 2022, at the Arbor Care Center, Hartington.

Mass of Christian Burial will be March 26, at 10:30 a.m., at Holy Family (Sts. Peter and Paul) Catholic Church, Bow Valley, with the Rev. An Duy Phan officiating.

Burial will be at Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Bow Valley.

Pallbearers are Greg Foxhoven, Derek Foxhoven, Jason Kreikemeier, Bryan Foxhoven, Charles Foxhoven, Tom Kuchta, Tyler Kuchta and Elijah Foxhoven.

Honorary Pallbearers are all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Visitation will be Friday, at church, from 5-7 p.m., with a Vigil at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue Saturday morning, one hour prior to services. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington.

Elizabeth Louise Hesse was born Sept. 15, 1930, at the farm home of her parents, Joseph and Mary (Wortmann) Hesse, as the eighth child of 10. She attended grade school at Bunker Hill and then high school at Holy Trinity, Hartington. She taught in one-room country schools until her marriage. Betty married Charles Foxhoven Nov. 22, 1949. They lived near Crofton a short time and then moved to a farm near Wynot, where they lived all the rest of their married lives. Charles died in 1993, and Betty remained on the farm for several years. In 1997, her children built a house for her in Wynot, where she lived until her death.

Charles and Betty were the parents of 11 children. Betty had 37 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren with five more on the way.

Betty continued her dedication to education and extended her family by hosting three Brazilian foreign exchange students, Pedro Mendes, Gabriel Carrijo, and Danilo Mendes.

Betty was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, (Sts. Peter and Paul), Bow Valley.

Betty is survived by nine children and their spouses, daughter-in-law, (Joan) Foxhoven, Wynot; Dan Foxhoven, Denver, Colo.; Shirley (Harvey) Kreikemeier, West Point; Chuck (Rita) Foxhoven, Norfolk; Sharon Dykshoorn, Sioux City, Iowa; Ron (Peg) Foxhoven, Lincoln; Karen (Alan) Kuchta, Wynot; Bob Foxhoven, Wayne; Dave Foxhoven, Parker, Colo.; Kristi Ricks (fiance, James Valentine), Dakota City; 37 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren; one sister, Elsie Lauer, Hartington; and sister-in-law, Marian Foxhoven, Omaha.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Mary Hesse; husband, Charles Foxhoven; daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Steve Hansen; son, Terry Foxhoven; four brothers and their spouses, Richard (Ellen) Hesse, Ed (Laverda) Hesse, Al (Ethel) Hesse and Bud (Dorothy) Hesse; four sisters and their spouses, Helen (Ben) Piekenbrock, Loretta (Sylvester) Burbach, Mary Ann (Owen) Koenig, Sally Hesse; a brother-in-law, Don Lauer; and infant great-granddaughter, Piper Ann Foxhoven.