Betty Gene Lamphier was born on December 18, 1929 in Havre, Montana to Mary Josephine “Josie” (Dufresne) and Mose Howard. They moved to Fairview when she was 3 years old and lived there until 1941, when they moved to Sidney for three years. In 1942 Betty and her family moved to Portland, Oregon where her dad worked in the shipyards. They moved back to Sidney in September 1945.

Betty met the love of her life, Paul Lamphier in 1946. Paul always said he didn’t know if Betty’s mother trusted him with her 16 year old daughter or not. She went with them on their first few dates and sat between them! Betty married Paul on September 21, 1946 in Fairview Montana and they moved to Malta Montana to work on a farm for a year before returning to Sidney in 1947. After another year they returned to Malta to rent a farm. 1951 found them back in Sidney.

They had 6 children. Betty worked at the Snowflake Bakery many years, also Community Memorial Hospital for a few months. In January 1981 she went to work at the El Ray Motel. In 1983 she and Paul moved into the Crestwood Inn where they both worked as Janitors. In July 1986 they moved into their forever home where they lived until Paul passed away in 1992. In 1994 when her children had all moved away from Sidney, Betty moved to Bismarck ND to be closer to family there.
She passed peacefully on February 7 at St. Gabriel’s Skilled Nursing Community in Bismarck, where she had lived the last few years.

Betty is survived by her daughters, Paulette(Lyle) Larson, Terrii Lamphier, Bretta Lamphier, Libby (Sky) Thomson and her son Kirk (Paula) Lamphier and 13 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 9 great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Paul and a son Kevin.