Elizabeth 'Betty' Ruth Sexton, 80, was born August 15, 1922, to Earl and Naomi Ruth Swink, in Uniontown, KS, and passed away peacefully, at the Hospice House in Kennewick, WA, May 24, 2003.

Betty married Leonard M. Sexton on March 15, 1941.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard, her brothers Edward Swink and John Louis Swink, and her sister Sarah Luella Miller.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, James and Naomi Jean White, of Bakersfield, CA, her son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Shirley Sexton, of West Richland, WA, her sisters Mary Emogene Jaquay of Chico, CA, and Adna Mae Dalton, of Fort Scott, KS, and by her five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

There will be a memorial service at Einan’s in Richland, on Wednesday May 28 at 11:00 am. Visitation will be Wednesday May 28 from 9:00 - 11:00 am. A graveside service will be held at the East Hill Cemetery in Erie, Kansas on Saturday May 31 at 11:00 am.