BETTY JO PRIESKORN

Betty Jo (Johnston) Prieskorn went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 3, 2020. She was 93 years old. Betty Jo was born May 16, 1927, to Lewis and Blanche (Allen) Johnston in White Plains, Ky. The family moved to Wayne, Mich., where Betty Jo graduated from Wayne Memorial High School in 1944. She met her husband, Carl A. Prieskorn, in the young people’s group at First Baptist Church Wayne and they married two years later on August 3, 1946. Three years later they had their one son, Bryan.

Betty Jo worked as a bank teller for 15 years at National Bank of Detroit in Wayne, Mich. After she retired she spent her years planning and orchestrating social events at her church, working in Pioneer Girls and serving on the church’s mission board. Her quirky sense of humor and her ability to talk to anyone made her an asset to any group she joined.

After the death of her husband in 1984, she moved to Lamar, Mo., to be near her two sisters, Nell (Finley) Voorhees and Robbie King to help take care of her aging mother. She later moved to Lake Havasu City in 1992 to be near her son and his family. For over 20 years Betty made a yearly cross-country road trip to visit her sisters in Lamar to spend the summer. While in Missouri, Betty attended Cornerstone Baptist Church, the local Senior Center and visited Lamar Lake.

She is preceded in death by her husband Carl Prieskorn, parents Lewis and Blanche Johnston.

Betty is survived by her son Bryan Prieskorn and her daughter-in-law Cyndee of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., grandchildren Dawn Zapata (Aaron) of Yorba Linda, Calif. and Aaron Prieskorn (Tangie) of Fountain Hills, Ariz., five great-grandchildren Levi (her birthday buddy), Malachi, Jordan, Asher, and Charlotte with another little one due in January. She is also survived by her sisters Nell Ruth (Finley) Voorhees and Robbie Sue King, both of Lamar, Mo., a sister-in-law Harriet Fowler of Pittsfield, Mass. and also several nephews, nieces and cousins.