BETTY  A.  ROSSMAN 

Betty A. Rossman, age 79 years, longtime Albert, Kansas resident, passed away on Sunday evening, December 6, 2015 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center in Great Bend, Kansas.  Betty was born on January 6, 1936 at La Crosse, Kansas to Henry and Mathilda (Heronema) Basgall. She was united in marriage to James J. “Jim” Rossman on June 22, 1953 at La Crosse, Kansas. Betty was a homemaker most of her life, and for 13 years worked outside her home as Custodian at Farmers Bank and Trust in Albert, Kansas. She was a longtime member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Olmitz, Kansas, where she was an active member of St. Ann’s Altar Society.  Betty loved to cook for others as well as loved taking care of others.

Survivors include her husband, James J. “Jim” Rossman of Great Bend, Kansas; one son, Verlyn (and his wife, Kathy) Rossman of Albert, Kansas; three daughters:  Dianna (and her husband, Rod) Cushenbery of Albert, Kansas, Tammy Rodie of Phoenix, Arizona, and Illeen Becker of Chandler, Arizona; six grandchildren: April Deines, Jason Rossman, Shawn Helie, Jeffrey Pivonka, and Evan and Cale Cushenbery; six great-grandchildren: Chyanne and Spencer Deines, Brody and Braylin Rossman, and Johanna and Vienna Helie; three brothers:  James (and his wife, Bernice) Basgall of Paradise, California, Edward (and his wife, Shalley) Basgall of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Charles Basgall of Phoenix, Arizona; two sisters:  Zita (and her husband, Walter) Zimmerman of Great Bend, Kansas and Leona Gumescheimer of Bazine, Kansas; several nieces and nephews.  Betty was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters (Kathryn Basgall in infancy, Twila Franzmathes, and Theresa Stanley).

            It was Betty’s wishes to be cremated following her death.  A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, December 11, 2015 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Olmitz, Kansas.  Inurnment will follow at St. Ann’s Cemetery at Olmitz, Kansas.  The family requests that Memorial Contributions be designated to St. Ann’s Altar Society, Olmitz, Kansas or the Albert Volunteer Fire Department, Albert, Kansas.  Online condolences may be left for the family and a complete obituary notice may be viewed at https://www.charterfunerals.com/locations/great-bend.php.

 

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