Betty Nadyne (Spencer) Hatcher 92 of Trenton quietly passed away surrounded
by her 3 daughters on Saturday August 24th, 2024, in hospice care at Wright Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Betty was born on December 29, 1931, and was a lifelong resident of the Missouri Green Hills area. In 1949 She graduated from Humphreys High school and married the love of her life Edward Hatcher. Together on their farm, they raised their 3 girls: Paula, Denise and Shelli. Betty cherished her time on the farm and was a dedicated and proud farm wife. Whenever Edward needed any help, she was there. She helped in the fields, working crops, tending cattle, even maintaining fence lines. Meals were always waiting for Edward and the girls. She planned, planted, tilled, and harvested her gardens. She canned vegetables, sewed clothes, made sure her family had all their needs met. Throughout her life, she weekly attended church at the Milan Christian Church, The Community Christian of which she named and later at the Galt Christian Church. She was a member of the Garden club, PTA and many other organizations. Together Betty and Edward had regular neighborhood card games with nearby friends in Bowman Township. They usually played “Pitch” and Bridge. Betty and Edward enjoyed going to auctions, farm sales, estate sales, and garage sales looking for bargains. Edward once dropped her off at a house auction in Trenton while he went
to another sale. She thought that she would just make an opening bid to get things
started. Nobody else bid and she got the house where she spent her last 15 years.
Edward did not see the humor in the situation, but after his death, Betty really enjoyed her house on Lake Manor Dr and all her new neighbors. As she made new friends in Trenton, she was able to enjoy going dancing in Chillicothe at the senior center twice a month. She also volunteered at the Trenton Thrift store and always volunteered at the local blood drives handing out juice and cookies. She was able to do some traveling, going to Alaska, taking an Alaskan cruise, Niagara Falls, Mackinaw Michigan, the Grand Canyon to name a few. She loved to watch the Wheel of Fortune every night and was a bit of a local folk hero on the birthdays and anniversary shows on KTTN as she was a regular caller for decades. People who had never met her knew her by her voice from hearing her on the radio. Her life was well lived, and all were blessed that knew her. She will be greatly missed.
Betty was preceded by her husband, Edward Hatcher; parents, Leonard and
Molly (Stinson) Spencer; father-in-law and mother in-law, Vecil and Esther (Jaynes)
Hatcher; sisters, Arlene (Jens) Holtet, Jesse (Harold) Neely, Vondell (Burton) Koger, Carolee (Harry) McKinley and Mary Alice (Omer) Williams; brothers, Earl (Georgia) Spencer and Billy (Marion) Spencer and a son in infancy, Kyle Hatcher.
Betty is survived by three daughters: Paula, Denise and Shelli (Steve);
grandchildren, Brad (Tina) White, Mollie White, Jacob Waggoner, Casey (Melissa)
Waggoner and Esther Waggoner; great grandchildren, Amy, Bryce, Bradyn, Brielle and Brinsley White, Ray Jr, Tatyana, Jesus, and Dominic Rivas, and Ezmeralda White, and Nova and Mia Waggoner, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and Friends.
Services for Betty will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, August 31, 2024, at the Galt
Christian Church in Galt, Missouri with an hour before visitation, starting at 1:00 PM.
Burial will follow at the Wilhite Cemetery, West of Milan, Missouri. A visitation will also be held 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Friday, August 30th, at Ruschmeier-Smith Funeral Home in Milan.
In lieu of flowers, Memorial contributions are suggested to the Galt Christian
Church or the Grundy County Jewett Norris Library.
