Betty Jo Hurt Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Wichita - Betty Jo Hurt, 88, passed away Friday, July 24, 2020 at Parkwest Assisted Living in Wichita. She was born May 31, 1932 in Pratt to Albert T. and Vina B. (Gilham) Heflin. Betty met Donald Dean Hurt while attending church at First Church of God. They married at the church on November 20, 1948. He preceded her in death on March 17, 1990. Betty graduated from Pratt High School in 1948. She was a successful business woman that worked as a telephone operator for 21 years then retired and started helping her husband with their business, DC&B Inc. She was a member of First Church of God which is currently Trinity Evangelical Church. She was always very proud to call Pratt her hometown and had a special place in her heart for the Pratt Fire Department. She loved tending to and arranging flowers in her greenhouse and in her yard. Betty was a loving mother and grandmother and was always excited to be around her family, shopping, watching grandkids and great grandkids events and taking trips with them. She loved life and enjoyed sitting and talking with company that stopped by. She had a big heart and a helping hand to lend to anyone that needed. She is survived by her daughters, Elizabeth (Mark) Townsend and Janice Elaine Hurt both of Wichita; son, Donald Craig (Linda) Hurt of Pratt; grandchildren, Devon (Melissa) Stwalley of Wichita, Whitney (Eric) Haas of Collierville, Tennessee, Jamie (Ed) Loest of Wichita, Felicia Woodrow of Wichita, Madison Hurt of Pratt, Alvin Hurt of Pratt and Dustin Hurt of Haviland; great-grandchildren, Pendelton Haas, Marie and Madeline Loest, and Alex and Jaline Nanninga; and many nieces and nephews. Betty is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Donald Hurt; brothers, Charles Heflin, John Heflin and Sam Heflin; and sisters, Madalene Anderson and Grace Hayes. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 29, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Larrison Mortuary, 300 Country Club Road, Pratt. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Trinity Evangelical Church with Pastor Doug Enick presiding. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt. Memorials may be made to Trinity Evangelical Church Building Fund or American Cancer Society in care of Larrison Mortuary.

Betty Jo Hurt

May 31, 1932 - July 24, 2020