Betty Jo Brown Ferrin was born January 12, 1935, to Horace and Stella Norton Brown, in Pima. She attended schools in Pima as well as Brigham Young University, Northern Arizona University and Eastern Arizona College.
Betty Jo married Verle Ferrin in August of 1953, in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They were the parents of eight children. After raising her children and completing her education, Betty Jo taught school for eleven years in the Thatcher School District and touched countless lives. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many ward and stake callings. Most importantly, she served her family whom she loved with a passion.
Betty Jo is survived by: her eight children, Renae, of Thatcher, Ross (Janette), of Central, Greg (Lucy), of Pima, Ann Jacob (Dennis), of Central, Charles (Terrie), of Thatcher, Nancy Paxton (Harry), of Litchfield Park, Amy Collins (Larry), of Thatcher and Scott (Aisilyn), of Thatcher; thirty-five grandkids; and seventy-one great-grandkids.
Betty Jo was preceded in death by: her husband, Verle; her parents, Horace and Stella Brown; her sister, Virginia Skouson; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Betty were conducted Friday morning, March 18, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., at the Thatcher Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Bishop Preston Alder of the Thatcher Seventh Ward. Concluding services followed in the Thatcher Cemetery.
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Arrangements were entrusted to Vining Funeral Home.
