Obituaries

Jerry Samuel Weis, PhD., 86, passed away at Good Shepherd Hospice House on Saturday, August 6, 2022. He was surrounded by family, including beloved grandchildren, who were his heart and soul.

July 31, 2022 at North Kansas City Hospital. He was born November 25, 1953 to Gerald Eldon and Mary Joan (Douglas) McClellan in Brookfield, MO.

Tex Edward Othic was born on on August 1st, 1944, in Brookfield, MO to Leo and Lois (Howk) Othic. He lived his entire childhood in Linneus, MO and attended school there until his graduation in 1962. Following graduation Tex joined the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany for 3 years with the 3rd Infantry Division. After his military service Tex worked for the railroad, the Missouri State Highway Department, and Thomas Hill power plant.

Bettie Jo Bernard Hartig passed away peacefully Thursday, July 14, 2022 at her daughter’s home in St. Catharine, MO. She was born at home in Taylor, TX on June 4, 1932 and grew up in the Waco area of TX. She was proud of her first “real” job at Amicable Life Insurance Co. in Houston and would tell stories of being a determined red head and making a career for herself. After moving to El Paso, Texas in her 20’s, she worked at Standard Oil Refinery as a secretary, where she met her husband, Frank, and they were married for 54 years before his passing in September of 2015. After leaving Std. Oil, she worked as a secretary for Robert E. McKee Construction Company for many years before the family’s move to Benicia, CA in 1976. Once in CA, Bettie took on secretary temp jobs thru Kelly’s Temp Service and continued to work until she retired in 1987 to become a full-time grandmother and assist in lovingly caring for all her grandchildren through the years. In the words of her granddaughter in law “She was a grandma to all”.