Betty R. Thieme, 72, of Wetmore, KS, died Thursday, August 31, 2000, at a Topeka hospital as the result of a automobile accident on US Highway 75 south of Holton, KS.

She was born November 7, 1927, on a farm, south of Oneida, KS, the daughter of Albert J. and Rose Chilcoat Wende. She grew up there and attended a rural school. She worked at the Nemaha County Creamery and at the Blough Restaurant, both in Sabetha. In the early 1980s she was employed at the Dinner Bell Café in Wetmore.

On April 29, 1950, she married Milton Thieme at Seneca. He survives of the home in Wetmore. They lived and farmed northwest of Woodland. In 1960 they moved to their present farm five miles northwest of Wetmore.

She was a member of Levick-Barrett Unit #282 of the American Legion Auxiliary in Wetmore, where she was treasurer for 18 years and helped with bingo. She also did volunteer work at the Wetmore Public Library.

Survivors besides her husband Milton are a son, Mark Thieme of Wetmore; a daughter, Susan Hirsch of Netawaka, KS; three brothers, Raymond Wende of Seneca, KS, Robert Wende of Spokane, WA, and Donald Wende of Phoenix, AZ; two sisters, Bertha “Peggy” Clemens Ford and Darlene Campbell, both of Sabetha; and four grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Michael Thieme on February 24, 1970.

The funeral service will be 10 AM Saturday, September 2 at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca, KS. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Goff, KS.

Memorials may be given for the American Diabetes Association or the American Legion Auxiliary, and sent in care of the family.