----Source: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD (Marshfield, Wis.) 03/26/2003

LePage, Betty J. (6 Jun 1941 - 23 Mar 2003)

WITHEE - Betty Jane LePage, 61, Withee, Clark County, Wis., died Sunday, March 23, 2003 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 27, 2003, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Withee. Rev. Tom Myhre will officiate. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Withee. Honorary pallbearers will be Tasha LePage, Shane Dawson, Keith Dawson, Luke Dawson, and Raeann Dawson. Pallbearers will be Jed Cordwell, Ken Timme, Josh LePage, Brandon Dawson, Jerome LePage, and George Cordwell.

Betty was born June 6, 1941, to Raymond and Merle (Ott) Missling. She graduated from Owen/Withee High School in 1959. Betty and Arthur "Snook" LePage were united in marriage December 19,1959, in Wheeling, Ill. She worked at Olco Aluminum in Wheeling, and when they moved to Withee, she worked as a cook at Owen Withee High School. She attended truck driving school in Red Wing, Minn., and worked with her husband as a driving team for ten years. Betty liked camping, deer hunting, and attending her grandchildren's sporting events. She was also a Packer fan. Betty was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church.

Survivors include her husband Arthur "Snook" LePage of Withee; her children, Lori (Mark) Dawson of Neillsville and Rick (Bruna) LePage of East Helena, Mont.; seven grandchildren, Tasha LePage, Joshua LePage, Brandon Dawson, Shane Dawson, Keith Dawson, Luke Dawson, and Raeann Dawson; two brothers Alan (Janice) Missling of Withee, Robert (Betty) Missling of Barron; three sisters, Gloria (Harvey) Cox of San Antonio, Texas, Helen (Richard) Boening of Eau Claire, and Margaret (Brick) Missling Root of Steamboat, Colo.

Preceding her in death were her parents.