Betty Jane Wandry, age 93 of Merrimac, passed away on Thursday,  October 14, 2021.  Betty was born the youngest daughter of Ernest and Edith Edwards .  She was united in marriage to Henry L. Wandry on May 6, 1946. Betty was a member of the Merrimac Methodist Church and Ladies Aid.  At the age of 14, the Edwards family moved to Portage, Wisconsin and Betty after a year of high school needed to help her family and left school soon before her 16 ^th birthday.  As a child, she and her family moved and farmed in Rio, Wisconsin where she attended school.  Soon after, Betty went to work at the Portage Shoe Factory.  At age 16, Betty met Henry and after dating, Henry's parents planned to move to Merrimac. Henry and Betty then decided to get married together rather than be separated from each other.  Together they loved to travel and see her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Betty is survived by six children, Loreli (Gary) Richter of Muscoda , Sandy (Mervin) Horstman of Baraboo, Darlene (Richard) Dilley of Merrimac, Robert (Jane) Wandry of Merrimac, Susan Kasemodel of Sauk City  and Cheryl Wandry of Merrimac; 14 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren and 1 on the way.

She was preceded in passing by her parents Ernest and Edith Edwards, her husband, Henry, and her brother's Emery ( Mary) and  Earl (Edith); sisters, Lizzie (George) Sauer, Marie (Gene) Broesch,and  Sarah Edwards; niece, Lillian Norris and son in law Lee Kasemodel.

Betty's family is having a private service with family only attending.

Online condolences may be made at hoovesonfuneralhomes.com