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George McCullough "Mac" Betterton
24 Jun 1889 – 15 Feb 1961
| Birth | 24 Jun 1889 |
| Death | 15 Feb 1961 |
| Cemetery | Roselawn Memorial Park Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Anonymous on 25 Aug 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22254284 |
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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1961.html The Daily Telegram, February 16, 1961 BETTERTON--Rites Saturday for George Betterton Funeral services for George "Mac" Betterton, 71, of 3009 16th street, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Gass Funeral chapel. The Rev. D. Lee Grace will officiate, and burial will be in Roselawn Memorial cemetery with Masonic graveside rites. The body will lie in state at the Gass chapel after 11 a.m. Friday. Mr. Betterton, a retired painting and decorating contractor, died Wednesday morning in Norfolk after an illness of two and a half months. He had been retired the last seven years. A resident of Columbus since his youth, George McCullough Betterton came here from Kouts, Ind., where he was born June 24, 1889. His parents were Charles W. and Harriet Brumbaugh Betterton. He attended schools in Indiana and Columbus, graduating from Columbus High school in 1909. He was a past president of the Master Painters and Decorators Association of Nebraska, and was affiliated with Acacia Lodge No. 34, AF & AM, at Schuyler. Mr. Betterton married Alma C. Almstrum on Nov. 26, 1914 at Grand Island. She died in 1942, and his brothers, Ben, Jesse and Ira, also preceded him in death. Surviving are two daughter[s], Evelyn of Columbus and Harriet, Mrs. Richard R. Rupp of Mountain View, Calif., and three grandchildren. The family suggests that memorials be given to the Heart Fund.
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