Betty Jean Trimble

Betty Jean Trimble, 96, of Mount Ayr, passed away July 13, 2022, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Open visitation will be held from 2 - 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 14 at Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr with family present Friday morning from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. A graveside service will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday at Rose Hill Cemetery.

Memorials are to the Mount Ayr Public Library.

Betty Jean, better known as “Butch”, was born Oct. 5, 1925, to Edgar Orr and Helen Moore Allen at home northwest of Kellerton, Iowa, and was welcomed by a sister Nadine. After graduating from the Kellerton Public School in 1943 she became a schoolteacher and taught several years in the local area.

On June 6, 1954, she married LeRoy Trimble of Kellerton. Sometime after her marriage to LeRoy, Butch left the teaching profession to be a full-time farm wife and lifelong partner with LeRoy. They farmed south of Kellerton for many years before retiring and moving into Mount Ayr in fall of 1999.

Butch loved music and played for many years at churches, funerals and other events. Butch had a strong faith and enjoyed attending and supporting area churches. She will be remembered for her quick wit and sense of humor.

She was preceded in death by her husband LeRoy on June 26; parents; sister Nadine (Hallie) Myers; two sisters-in-law, Mary (Lloyd) Stephens and Doris (Paul) Hannon and nephew, Gordon Myers.

She is survived by nieces and nephews: Richard (Linda) Stephens of Rock Port, Missouri, Dennis (Donna) Stephens of Mount Ayr, Susan Stephens of Leavenworth, Kansas, Sandra Stephens of Lawrence, Kansas, Carol Ann (Ed) Larsen of Sarasota, Florida; several great-nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.