Betty Jane Rhodes (Johnson), a lifelong Marshall County resident, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Feb. 27, 2020, at Pilgrim Manor in Plymouth.

She was born to Luther S. and Lila (Larsen) Johnson on Sept. 20, 1925, in Donaldson. She was baptized as one of God’s children on Nov. 24, 1925. She was then confirmed on June 9, 1940, at Immanuel Lutheran Church.

She graduated from West High School in 1943. After graduation she began working at Memorial Record Company in 1944. She married Harold J. “Dusty” Rhodes on July 1, 1950, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

She and Dusty purchased the Memorial Record Company on July 1, 1980, and sold the business in 1993. She continued to write memorial record books until she retired in June of 2010.

She is survived by a sister: Betty (Guy, deceased) Lee Snell; three sister-in-law’s: Ruthann (Duane) Johnson, Carol (Bill) Johnson, and Shirley (Bud) Johnson; nieces and nephews: Vicki (Larry) Miller, Susan (Michael) Guljas, Terry Lynn (Kim) Johnson, Jeffrey (Kim) Johnson, Andrea (David) Carr, Monica Johnson, Luther Johnson, Brian (Janet) Johnson, Cathy Keister, Kimberly (Don) Abair, Greg Snell, Guy Snell, Patty (deceased husband Gail) Cook; and many great nieces and nephews and great great nieces and nephews. Betty dearly loved all of them but these are special because they spent a lot of time in her life: Matthew (Allison) Collins, Jessica (Corey) Cole, Cody Collins, Betty’s precious little ones, great-great-nieces and nephews; Gabe and Bella Cole; many much-loved cousins; and two very special goddaughters: Vicki (Larry) Miller and Joan (Bill deceased) Hunt.

She was preceded in death by the love of her life Dusty on Nov. 16, 1999; her three brothers: Russell William (Bill) Johnson on Aug. 20, 2001; Charles Duane (Charlie) Johnson on Nov. 30, 2011; and Floyd Harold (Bud) Johnson on April 17, 2015; and a sister-in-law: Donna Bell Cook, on Nov. 7, 2003.

A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home 1100 N. Michigan St. Plymouth, IN 46563. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the hour of service.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations made to Immanuel Lutheran Church in Betty’s name, 6835 Union Road, Plymouth, IN 46563. Betty would tell you to “please hug someone today and every day”.