Frances Catherine Betlejewski
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Frances Catherine Betlejewski, age 87 of Scheller, Ill. and a former resident of Mt. Vernon passed away 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at White Oak Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Mt. Vernon.
Frances was born a daughter of Adam and Margaret (Mydler) Kerry on October 23, 1924 in Dubois, Illinois. She married Dominic E. Betlejewski on April 22, 1939 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He preceded her in death on January 31, 2005.
Mrs. Betlejewski was a member of Saint Barbara's Catholic Church in Scheller. She was retired from the Joan Clair Fashions in Benton where she worked as a seamstress.
She is survived by five daughters, Norma and husband Steve Richardson of Scheller, Xenia and husband Raymond Restoff of Scheller, Judy and husband Charles Spotanski of Ashley, Rita and husband George Wyciskalla of Scheller and Donna and husband Roger Lamke of Scheller; two sisters, Alice Pyszka and Marie Frisch both of Scheller; one sister-in-law Dorothy Kerry of Dubois; eight grandchildren and also 11 Great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Dominic; three brothers, Ernest, Frank and Mike "Clarence" Kerry and also two infant brothers.
Mass of Christian burial will be held 10 a.m. Saturday July 14, 2012 at Saint Barbara's Catholic Church in Scheller with Father Dale Maxfield , Father John Iffert, Father Oliver Nwachukwu and Father Jim VanOss officiating. Interment will follow at St. Barbara's Cemetery in Scheller. Friends may call on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Newell Funeral Home in Waltonville; a Rosary Service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the VNA TIP Hospice or the Jefferson County Animal Shelter and will be accepted at the funeral home.
For more information you may call Newell Funeral Home at 279-7272 or visit at www.newellfuneralhome.com.