Etna, OH - Bettie was born on December 21, 1932, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, to Samuel and Lela Isbill and passed from this life in Canal Winchester, Ohio, on February 18, 2025.

Bettie grew up in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, and moved to Okeene, Oklahoma, when she was young

She met and married Harold Lane Benham on August 15, 1952. The cheerleader married the football star and hung up her pompoms to be a happy homemaker. They moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1968 where Lane was a shift miller with Pillsbury, then to Minneapolis, MN, in 1974. Bettie worked for Hoagland's, a clothing store in Brooklyn Park, MN, and enjoyed the changes to her life with things to do outside the home. In 1977, the family moved to Enid, Oklahoma, where Lane was the milling superintendent for Pillsbury/ADM and Bettie worked at Margo's La Mode as the store manager for several years, which she thoroughly enjoyed. Bettie loved shopping at the mall and the varied antique stores and thrift stores in the area and loved decorating her home with many unique finds.

Bettie and Lane retired and enjoyed many happy years golfing and traveling to the golf courses around Oklahoma. They were married for 70 years prior to Lane's passing in 2023. After Lane's passing, Bettie lived with her daughter Rachelle and husband Scott Ducharme in Columbus, Ohio.

Bettie is survived by her three children, Timothy and wife Patricia; daughter Renee Benham; and daughter Rachelle Ducharme and husband Scott; and seven grandchildren: David, Sam (and Randa) and Timothy (and Lynn) Benham, Nichole (and Todd Carlson), Courtney (and Luke Price), Taylor and Joshua (and Beck) Ducharme.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Lela Isbill, and four siblings June (Berntsen), Ted Isbill, Gerry (Long) and Tom Isbill.

Her loved ones are thankful that Mom and Dad are finally together again with Jesus with no more struggling, pain or difficulties, only love and peace.

A celebration of her life will be at First Baptist Church, Enid, OK, on 24 May 2025 at 10:30 a.m.