Betty J. St. John

Full Name: Betty J. St.John Age: 75 Years Sex: F

Current address: Dover

Date of death: Saturday , March 8, 2003

Place of death: At her home in Dover, KS

Date of birth: September 13, 1927 Place of birth: Burlington, Kansas

Parents: Roy Gene and Golda Marie Knoblock Fletcher

Years in current city/town: since 1957

Background: graduated from Burlington High School. Went to cosmotology school in Topeka, KS. Was employed at Gridley Grain Elevator, Coffey County Court House, Treasurers Dept., Thompson Hardware, St.Johns Salon, and was the Post Master at Dover, Kansas for 30 years. She was a member of the Dover Rebekah Lodge #733, Dover FCE, Washburn Walkers, Stormont-Vail Club 55, and Dover Federated Church. She was a Dover 4-H leader.

Relatives: Married to: Chester Lyle Thorne in 1946. He preceded her in death in December of 1951.
She married James L. St. John, Jr. On August 3, 1957 in Gridley, Kansas. He also preceded her in death on October 26, 1987.

preceded in death by: both of her husbands, a stillborn son, and her sister Mildred Dornes
Immediate survivors:
Son: R. Lyle Thorne, Whitewater, KS
Son: James L. St.John, III Topeka, KS
Daughter: Patty Hochstedler, Dover, KS
Son: Roy G. St.John, Dover, KS
Grandchildren: 8
Great-Grandchildren: 3
Brother: James Fletcher, Iola, Kansas
Sister-in-law:Jean Frohlicher, Fairfax Station, Virginia

Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00 a.m, Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at Dover Federated Church.

Burial: Dover Cemetery

11. Visitation times, place: Visitation will be held at Dover Federated Church on Tuesday March 11,2003 from 6-8 p.m. She will lie in state at Penwell Gabel Mid Town Chapel after 1:00 p.m Tuesday.

Memorial contributions, if any: Stormont-Vail Hospice 2252 SW 10th Ave. Suite B, Topeka, KS 66604-1353 or Dover Federated Church, Dover, Kansas 66420