The blue-eyed little blonde, the youngest of five, went to grade school at Type/Coupland school. Due to her academic excellence, Betty was able to skip the second and fifth grades. She transferred to Elgin High School after her 10th grade year to complete her education. Betty graduated as the salutatorian of her class in 1948.

On Jan. 7, 1952, Clyde Lundgren proposed to Betty sitting in the front seat of his 1947 slate gray club coupe parked by the backyard gate at the Samuelson home place. They then married 10 short days later, and the rest was history. They built a life they loved and had three beautiful children, Travis, Ellen and Don.

Betty had many special titles in this life, devoted farm wife and mother, devout Christian, treasured grandma (“Nonny”) and the nickname “Bops” that was coined by Clyde, to name a few. Her life was centered around the farm, taking the “country block” every evening to see the land; she truly admired the hard work put into the crop by her two sons and grandsons.

Betty had various hobbies/roles including organist at The Bethlehem Lutheran Church for 30 years, storyteller, gardener, bookkeeper and local garage sale queen, where she collected so many of her “pretties’’ and “treasures,” as she would call them.

Betty loved flowers, her favorite being red roses. She had a true green thumb, which is evident by the asparagus fern she has kept alive for 100 years, and is still alive to this day.

Betty was all about preserving history in the present day by collecting keepsakes and archives from past times. True mementos that her family will forever cherish to keep her memory alive.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Lundgren; and daughter, Ellen Farrell.

Betty is survived by her sons, Travis Lundgren and Don (Julie) Lundgren; grandchildren, Cole (Leighton) Lundgren, Justin (Heather) Lundgren, Jessica Lundgren, Kaylee Lundgren, Matthew (Shelly) Farrell and JoEllen (Steve) Pedde; great-grandchildren, Emmy Lou Lundgren, Whitlee and Willow Lundgren, Julia and Jack Farrell and Ethan Pedde; as well as a host of other family members and friends.

A celebration of life services will beheldTuesday,May7,at10a.m.at Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

Interment will follow in the Lund Cemetery.

Arrangements are entrusted to Providence-Jones Family Funeral Home.