Betty Jean Morehouse age 97, was born on October 4, 1929, in Detroit, MI, to Nolan and Verna Morehouse. Betty lived there until she was a junior in high school then her family moved to Valentine and built a cement business. Betty’s senior year, she started in Valentine and decided she wanted to graduate with her friends in Detroit and moved back after Christmas. During Christmas break in Valentine, she went to a dance and met the love of her life.
It was love at first sight for her and the cowboy. He went to Detroit and visited her and when she graduated, he went to Detroit and moved her back. The cowboy, Robert Perrett asked Betty to marry him and they married on June 1, 1948. To this union, four children were born, Jeannie, Robert, Richard and Barbara.
Betty loved doing things with her family. She did track with them, swam with them, water skied, snow skied, and camped out with them. She was a Girl Scout leader, a Boy Scout leader, Cub Scout leader and Brownie Scout leader. She took them all on camping trips, even taking groups of Girl Scouts to Disneyland. She also went to all the boys basketball games, wrestling meets, football games and track meets.
She always had a big garden, loving gardening and canning and making jelly, pickles and syrup and much more. She went and took pilots lessons, learning to fly. Taking her test in Oklahoma and soloed here.
When her children grew up and left home, she and her husband bought a large motorhome and became snowbirds for almost 12 years. Traveling to every state but Maine. Betty and Bob were married less than two months shy of 75 years.
Betty is preceded in death by her parents; husband; sons, Robert and Richard; grandson, Robert III.
She is survived by daughter, Jeannie Schelhaas (Don); 13 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren.
Betty passed away on October 12, 2026, at the Ainsworth Care Center. She enjoyed two wonderful years there and made many friends with their wonderful staff.
Funeral service was held Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine. The burial followed at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine.
Sandoz Chapel of the Pines was entrusted with service arrangements.
