DODGE CITY – Betty Zane Edwards, 96, died Sunday, January 17, 2021 at Brookdale Senior Living in Dodge City.

She was born September 5, 1924 at Kaw City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Giles Roy and Verdie Manora (Herrin) Smith.  She received her Bachelors Degree from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado and taught High School in Gunnison for many years.  She later worked for the newspaper in Laramie, Wyoming as a proof reader eventually becoming a homemaker.  She had been a Dodge City resident since 2012 moving from Great Bend.

She enjoyed painting and loved playing Bridge.

On September 9, 1943 she married Thomas Lyle Edwards at Gainsville, Texas.  He preceded her in death on April 21, 2001.

Survivors include:  2 daughters, Lyle Gould and husband Walter, Dodge City and Joy Cooper and husband Harold, Strassburg, Colorado; her brother, Donald R. Smith and wife Mary, Shawnee Mission, Kansas; 3 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents.

Graveside services will be 2:00 pm Thursday, February 4, 2021 at the Moline Cemetery, Moline, Kansas, with Rev. Dena Allison officiating.  There will be no public visitation, the casket will remain closed.

The family suggests memorials to the Moline Cemetery in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14 ^th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.