Betty Lou was born June 22, 1932, in Coleridge, to Edward W. and Dora M. (Dirks) Lorang. She grew up in the Coleridge area and graduated from Coleridge High School. Betty married Cecil Lloyd Andresen May 26, 1950, in Coleridge. They first lived and farmed three miles west and two miles northeast of Hartington near Paragon and then moved to the “homeplace” in 1951. Betty always raised a big garden to provide for her family each year. She was a full-time housewife/housekeeper, and helped Cecil with everything on the farm, raising chickens, hogs, cattle, milking cows, harvesting and canning. She was always providing three meals a day plus snacks a couple times a day for Cecil and their family while working on the farm. After Cecil’s death in 2011, Betty moved into Hartington.

Betty had a strong faith and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and its Ladies Aide group. She also helped with the Lutheran Fair Stand at the Cedar County Fair. Betty and Cecil were able to take their camper to various places in the States and took a few vacations to Maine, Florida and Hawaii, then wintering in Texas. Betty was an excellent seamstress and sewed her children’s clothes. She and Cecil loved to go square dancing and to card parties with their neighbors. They enjoyed the local rodeos and tractor pulls. Betty always found time to enjoy a good card game with her grandchildren. Many lasting memories were made on those days.

Betty is survived by her four children, Roger (Marlene) Andresen, Hartington; Ronald “Tex” Andresen, Coleridge; Roxanne Andresen, Gillette, Wyo.; Rebecca Goold, North Platte; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one sister, Marvel Benson, Coleridge.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Cecil, Dec. 10, 2011, at the age of 86; and a brother, Kenneth Lorang.