Betty Jean Uskurait, 87, of Blaine, Kansas, died Thursday, February 14, 2013, at her home in Blaine. She had been a member of the Community since 2001 moving from Evansville, Indiana.

Betty was born July 24, 1925, in Tampa, Kansas, the daughter of Richard M. and Mary Pearl Hicks McIntyre. She attended local schools and graduated from Lebanon High School in Lebanon, Missouri in 1943. She then became a Registered Nurse at Springfield Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1947. In 1990 she retired from Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville, after 26 years of service. Betty was a nursing supervisor and also worked in utilization review and the admitting office. She was a member of the Laureate Alpha Zeta Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi. She enjoyed reading, gardening and traveling.

Betty married James Damme on August 8, 1942. They were later divorced. She then married Tom Uskurait on March 25, 1985. He preceded her in death in 1999.

Betty is survived by her children, Sue Morgan and her husband, Roger, Norcross, Georgia and Richard Damme and his wife, Mary Jane, Blaine; granddaughter, Julie Norman and her husband, Jamie, Lawrenceville, Georgia; great-grandchildren, Abby and Jack; her sister, Irene Gage, Star, Idaho; and sister-in-law, Jean McIntyre, Davenport, Iowa. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul and Richard McIntyre.

Mrs. Uskurait’s body has been cremated and all services will be private. Her remains will be placed with her husband in Park Lawn Cemetery in Evansville, Indiana, at a later date. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Onaga Senior Center, and those may be sent in care of Kufahl Funeral Home in Wheaton. Online condolences may be made at www.campanellafuneral.com.