Bettie B. Willoughby

Bettie Willoughby, age 86, of Clark, died Thursday, November 12, 2020, at Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown.

A public visitation will be held Thursday, November 19, 2020, from 4-6 PM at Furness Funeral Home of Clark. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 6 PM following the visitation.

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Bettie B. Willoughby was born April 15, 1934 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas, to James T Dollins and Winnie B Kay.  Bettie lived the majority of her live in the Dallas area.  She attended Roger Q Mills, Trinity Heights and Adamson High School where she graduated.

Bettie married the love of her life, Donald E Willoughby, August 23, 1953 after he returned from the Korean War, at the First Baptist Church of Oak Cliff in Dallas.  They were married for 37 years, had 4 children and 9 grandchildren together before Don passed away in 1990.  She loved her family, especially her grandchildren and traveled around the world to be with them.

Bettie worked in the insurance business her whole life starting at Fidelity Union Life Insurance, then JC Penny Life Insurance which she retired from.  She was a member of First Baptist Oak Cliff from birth until 2009 when she became a member of the Clark Baptist Church in Clark, SD.  Bettie lived in the Dallas area for 74 years before moving to Clark to be closer to her daughter and family. Bettie loved to travel, collect figurines and shot glasses from every place she ever visited.  She was an amazing, kind woman with a biting sense of humor and she will be dearly missed.

Bettie leaves behind children, Bradley Willoughby of Arkansas; Wyatt (Denise) Willoughby of RPB, Florida; Donna (Pete) Weisbrod of Clark, South Dakota; and grandchildren, Jason, Tyson, Shannon, Megan, Jonathan, Jakob, Nicholas, Joshua and Sarah.

She was preceded in death by her husband and son, Gary Willoughby.

Funeral services under the care of Furness Funeral Home of Clark where there is an online registry at www.furnessfuneralhome.com .