Betty Jean Huddleston

Betty Jean Huddleston, age 81, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, October 5, 2014 at Autumn House surrounded by her loved ones.

A celebration of life will be at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, October 26, 2014 at the Redwood Grange Hall, 1830 Redwood Avenue, Grants Pass. Private interment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Betty was born February 24, 1933 in Flasher, North Dakota to Gerda Jenny Vandiola (Sakrison) & Leo Daniel Kaufman. At the age of three, she moved with her family to Grants Pass. In 1953 she graduated from Grants Pass High School. After graduation she worked as a legal secretary in both Grants Pass and Medford and also worked for California Oregon Power Company (COPCO).

On May 27, 1957 she married Arthur “Art” Huddleston who was a general contractor in Grants Pass. She worked as a bookkeeper for his construction business for more than 40 years.

Betty was a Christian and loved to pray for others and read her Bible. She especially enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking, baking and embroidery work.

Survivors include three children, Shawn Huddleston and Tonya Richner both of Grants Pass, Oregon and Todd Huddleston of Central Point, Oregon; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband and her sister, Beverly June Bowers.