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Bethany Louise “Betty” Neunswander Bidinger

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Birth	:	15 Apr 1931 Allen, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	2019
Burial	:	Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.9136009, -95.4105988
Description	:	Due to the pandemic, graveside services for Bethany L. Bidinger, 89, will be limited to family at the Clinton Cemetery. Her dearly loved nephew, the Rev. Steve Bubna will be officiating and Betty’s 25 grandchildren are deeply grateful to serve as her honorary casketbearers. Betty will lie in state on Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Born Bethany Louise Neuenswander on April 15, 1931 in Allen, Kansas, the daughter of Reverend Irvin and Bethany Swartz Neuenswander, Betty grew up with 7 sisters and 4 brothers. Their family moved every 3-4 years within Kansas and Texas following her father... Read More	Due to the pandemic, graveside services for Bethany L. Bidinger, 89, will be limited to family at the Clinton Cemetery. Her dearly loved nephew, the Rev. Steve Bubna will be officiating and Betty’s 25 grandchildren are deeply grateful to serve as her honorary casketbearers. Betty will lie in state on Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Born Bethany Louise Neuenswander on April 15, 1931 in Allen, Kansas, the daughter of Reverend Irvin and Bethany Swartz Neuenswander, Betty grew up with 7 sisters and 4 brothers. Their family moved every 3-4 years within Kansas and Texas following her father who was an itinerant pastor in the Methodist Church. Betty fondly recalled attending early grade school in Spring Hill, Kansas and graduating from Liberty Memorial High School (Lawrence, Kansas) in 1949. Following high school, she started nursing training at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. A year later on September 9, 1951 she was married to Richard Carlyle Oehlert (1932-2010) in San Angelo, Texas. Together they had six sons and four daughters. They later divorced. On December 27, 1978 she was married to Franklin C. Bidinger (1926-2011) in Colony, Kansas. With that marriage she welcomed into her family two stepsons. She worked in the nursing field for over twenty years retiring in 1996 as a nurse assistant at Watkins Hospital, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 1996. Bethany enjoyed music (in particular gospel songs), painting ceramics, arts and crafts, birds, gardening and canning. Throughout her life she remained actively involved in church life; as an adult she attended Lawrence Free Methodist Church and then Clinton Presbyterian Church. She was known for her hospitality and care. Her love of Gaither’s music and the old hymns kept her company daily. Survivors include four daughters; six sons: ; 25 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. She is survived by 1 sister. 2 brothers and hundreds that knew her as “Aunt Betty” or “Aunt Betsy”. She was preceded in death by her parents Irvin and Bethany Neuenswander, her brothers Paul Neuenswander (San Diego) and John Neuenswander (Neosho, MO); her sisters Elizabeth Compton (Iola), Emily Grundy (Kansas City), Evelyn Bunnel (Colony), Helen Neuenswander (Guatemala), Nancy Ann Neuenswander (Welda, Kansas), and Jean Bubna (New York); her stepsons Mike and Kit Bidinger and her husbands, Franklin Bidinger and Richard Oehlert.

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Latitude: 38.9136009
Longitude: -95.4105988

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Parent

Rev Irvin Leo Neuenswander

(1896 - 1979)

Bethany Emma Swartz Neuenswander

(1897 - 1976)

Spouse

Franklin C. Bidinger

(1926 - 2011)

Siblings

Marie Elizabeth Neuenswander Compton

(1919 - 2015)

Evelyn Rose Neuenswander Bunnel

(1923 - 2019)

Helen Lucille Neuenswander

(1926 - 1990)

Dorothy Jean “Jeanie” Neuenswander Bubna

(1932 - 1994)

Nancy Ann Neuenswander

(1934 - 1935)

Ruth Farrell Neuenswander Mead

(1935 - 2022)

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Coordinate: 38.9136009, -95.4105988

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Coordinate: 38.9877440, -95.3166530

16. Borrowed Light Memorial Park
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Coordinate: 39.0246200, -95.4101100

17. Williams Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.8188460, -95.3354070

18. Davis Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.9722500, -95.2831100

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Coordinate: 38.9414900, -95.2641600

20. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.8535995, -95.2794037

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Coordinate: 39.0139885, -95.4941635

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Coordinate: 38.8768997, -95.2630997

23. Pioneer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.9528008, -95.2611008

24. Eastview Cemetery
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