Betty (Lowery) Sallee, 82, of Troy, Kansas died Monday, January 8, 2018 at her home.

Betty was born on June 24, 1935 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Claude and Nellie (Brown) Lowery.  She grew up in Oklahoma and moved to Troy in 1973.  Betty was a loving mother and wife. She worked outside the home at Webster’s Jewelry Store, Garnett, Kansas, Groh Orchard, Wathena, Kansas, Joe Optican’s Jewelry as a diamontologist, Adams Jewelry, Creviston’s & Sons Jewelry and Dillard’s Department Store all of St. Joseph, Missouri.

Betty became a Christian as a child. At her death she was a member of the Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church in St. Joseph, Missouri, Happy Homemakers of Doniphan County, Kansas and the Gideon’s Auxiliary.

Betty married Kenneth H. Sallee on Sept. 3, 1955 (62 years) in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.  He survives of the home.  She was preceded in death by her parents, two daughters, Sandra and Cindy, son, Kenneth “Scott” Sallee, granddaughter, Amy Christine Sallee, 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

Additional survivors include her daughters, Robin Smith (John) of Drumright, Oklahoma and Shelley Anderson of Wathena, Kansas;3 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren as well as many other friends and family.

Funeral: 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 13, 2018
At: Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy, Kansas.
Visitation: 6-8 Friday evening at the funeral home, where friends may call after 9 A.M. Friday.
Burial: Monday, January 15, 2018 at the Highland Cemetery in Pawnee, Oklahoma.

Memorials: Gideon’s, Wathena & Troy Fire Departments or EMS.