Betty Jean Questa

  Noted events in her life were:

• Obituary: Bolivar Herald Free Press. On Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, Betty entered eternal rest into the arms of Jesus her Savior.

Betty Jean Questa Blasingame was born July 16, 1930, in St. Louis, the daughter of Louis and Minerva Questa. Betty lived 84 years in St. Louis before moving to Bolivar in 2015.

She was baptized into faith at Holy Cross Lutheran Church where she attended their K-8 grade school and was confirmed on April 2, 1944, before graduating that June. She then attended Roosevelt High School and graduated in 1949.

Betty met the love of her life, Bob Blasingame, in 1945, and they were married at Holy Cross Lutheran Church on July 2, 1949. To this union, three daughters were born, Linda, Joy and Denise.

Bob and Betty were married 56 years until his death.

Betty was active in her daughters' lives as a Girl Scout leader and home room mother. Besides being a wonderful mom, her careers consisted of being a switchboard operator, bookkeeper, receptionist and an electroencephalogram/electrocardiogram technician at Lutheran Hospital and Normandy South Hospital, now Des Peres Hospital. She retired from this career in December 1992.

Betty enjoyed going out to eat, playing board games, doing puzzles, attending musicals and listening to music from the 1940s and 1950s. She loved fishing with dad, sunsets on the beach and being outside enjoying nature. Whenever we visited her in St. Louis, there had to be restaurant trips to Hodak's and White Castle. She also like visiting the "old neighborhood" and getting cookies at Dad's Cookie Co. Betty enjoyed spending time with family and friends.

A highlight of her life at age 84 was riding with her nephew on his Harley-Davison motorcycle.

She had a special place in her heart for her godchildren, Betty and Jim. Jim, her godson, was faithful in visiting her even when she moved from St. Louis to Bolivar. Those visits meant so much to her.

Before Bob's death, she and Bob enjoyed traveling together across the USA. They spent the winter months in Florida and made many friends at Indian Rocks Travel Park. After dad died, a special couple, Lindy and Dana, included mom in their activities and helped her when she needed things fixed at her Florida home.

Betty loved people and celebrating life every day. She had an infectious laugh and made many people smile.

She and Bob enjoyed spending time with their Peace Lutheran Friday night group where they would go out to eat and play cards and just have a great night laughing together. Because of Fred and June, she was able to continue with this group after Bob's death.

A woman of deep, devout faith and unconditional love, Betty was a lifelong Lutheran participating in many activities and volunteering her time at Holy Cross, Peace Lutheran Churches in St. Louis, Christ the King in Largo, Fla., and Zion Lutheran in Bolivar.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Bob.

She is the mother of Linda Buffington (husband Robert), Joy Mueller (husband Paul) and Denise Gruensfelder (husband Bob); the grandmother to Amy, Erin, Emily, Ryan, Brandon, Rachel, Michael, Joseph, Timothy and Daniel; and the great-grandmother to 13 beautiful great-grandchildren; as well as aunt, cousin and friend of many.

Memorial services are at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Zion Lutheran Church, 600 E. Aldrich Road, Bolivar, under the direction of Butler Funeral Home of Bolivar.

Memorial services in St. Louis will begin with a visitation at 10 a.m. Friday, March 4, followed by a service at 11 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 737 Barracksview Road. Interment will be at Park Lawn Cemetery on Lemay Ferry Road in St. Louis.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Zion Lutheran, Peace Lutheran, Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility at 1218 W. Locust St., Bolivar MO 65613 or an organization of the donor's choice.

Betty married Robert Lee Blasingame in 1945. (Robert Lee Blasingame was born on 4 Oct 1929, died on 1 Dec 2005 and was buried in Lemay, MO, Park Lawn Cemetery.)