Aunt Betty Luttrell - An Angel with special wings

My favorite Aunt Betty passed away. Ironically enough, I never thought of her as getting older as she was a breath of fresh air. When we would visit my dad's relative in Illinois, she would make us feel very welcome. She went out of her way to make my mother, newly arrived from Japan, feel like he was part of the family. I have many fond memories of her when I was growing up. we spent some time in Aurora when I was a small child. Her son, Jeff was a good friend of mine and he passed away over 20 years ago. we were like the two black sheep of the family. Aunt Betty never had a bad word to say to anyone, was a ray of sunshine and everyone loved her. We all should aspire to be as good as she. She is now in heaven and I truly believe has a special set of angel wings waiting for her.

I will always love you, Aunt Betty.

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Luttrell, Betty Jean Age 76, of Sandwich, IL, passed away Monday, October 24, 2011, with her family at her side. She was born May 23, 1935, in Aurora IL, the daughter of the late Donald and Evelyn Culhane. Betty was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother whose greatest joy was being surrounded by her family. She was still active in the family business, LDL Transfer.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Leon, her son David (Vickie Smith), daughter Linda (Dean) Zingre and son John; seven grandchildren: Tonya (Roger) Alberico, Julie (Troy) Schmidgall, Michael Luttrell, Bradley (Sandi) Zingre, Kimberly Zingre, Melody Luttrell, and John Luttrell, Jr; ten great-grandchildren; her sister Ruth (Mike) Flanary, and her brothers John (Kay) Culhane and Donald Culhane and her brother-in law, Walter Seifrid. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews whom she remembered each year on Valentine's Day. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Jeffrey, her brothers Milton Pagel, Robert Culhane, Ronald Culhane and her sister Donna Seifrid.

Visitation will be held Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 11 A.M.-2 P.M. at Beverage Family Funeral Home, Sandwich, IL with funeral service immediately following. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Sandwich. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Open Door Center, Sandwich, IL.