Betty Jean Austin,
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Betty Jean Austin, age 75, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 15, 1939, on south Cedar Street in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Guy Townley and Margaret Baldwin Townley. She married Jimmy (Dale) Austin on Aug. 2, 1959, in Fort Scott; they had two daughters. Betty worked for twenty-six years as a CNA at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital.