Betty Lou Patterson, age 85, of Hanover, IL, passed away at Midwest Senior Care Center, in Galena, on August 18, 2024. A funeral service will be held Thursday, August 22, at Law Jones Funeral Home, in Hanover, at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, August 21, also at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Log Church Cemetery in rural Hanover.
Betty was born December 9, 1938, in Freeport, IL, the daughter of Verlas and Clara (Keister) Woker. She attended Stockton schools, graduating from Stockton High School with the class of 1956. She then went to work for Farm Service, where she would meet her future husband. On November 29, 1958, Betty married Robert Patterson.
They began their married life residing north of Woodbine, before moving to a farm in rural Hanover in 1963. Betty settled into life as a farm wife and mother while her children were young. Once they all grew to be of school age, Betty started working for the Hanover State Bank, retiring af

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