Betty Jean Newton Etling

Betty Jean Newton Etling

Betty Jean Newton Etling was born on December 12, 1920 in Akron, Ohio to Arthur Wellington Newton and Elsie M. Newton [Piens].  Betty graduated from Kenmore High School in Akron, Ohio on June 15^th, 1938.

Betty lived on Wayne Knolls Farm for over 50 years, raising four children and helped her husband Harold run the family farm, which included a wide array of different livestock; however Black Aberdeen Angus were the main focus.  Several championship Angus came from the farm, the most notable being “Shorty”, a Supreme Campion in 1949 [highest rank in the national at the time].  She enjoyed traveling to different events related to the Angus Association, many where in Chicago where she was a member of the Union League Club.

September 5^th, 1942 Harold Etling married Betty Jean Newton in Kentucky; the pair remained united for 43 years until Harold passed away at the age of 85.  The couple had four children over a seven year span.  Terry Douglas Etling was born January 24^th, 1943.  Harold Allen Etling was born September 29^th, 1944.  Melissa Ann Etling Moomaw was born on October 4^th, 1948 and is the first of two daughters.  Christine Marie Etling Wagner is the youngest for the four children and was born on the 6^th of January 1950.

           Betty passed away at her home of natural causes on February 18, 2009 and was laid to rest next to her husband in St. Michael’s Cemetery, southeast of Marshallville Ohio.