BERNETA ABTS

December 18, 2018

LIBERAL- Services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Liberal United Methodist Church for Berneta Marie Abts, 89, Liberal, who died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, at Truman Healthcare Center in Lamar. Larry Mills officiated.

Arrangements were under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar.

Contributions are suggested to the Shelli Abts Memorial Scholarship Fund, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include two sons, Allen Abts and wife Corkie and Mark Abts and wife Carol and one daughter, Bonnie Workman and husband Bill, all of Liberal; one brother, Rodney Bayley and wife Colene, Springfield; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death a daughter, Sharon Beth Abts in 1954 and a granddaughter, Shelli Abts in 2003.

Mrs. Abts was born Oct. 21, 1929, in Gibbon, Neb., to Harvey John and Claira (Rosenthal) Bayley. She was a high school graduate and a member of the Liberal United Methodist Church, where she was very active. She had also sold AFLAC Insurance.

She married Clarence Wesley Abts on June 28, 1948, in Gibbon, Neb. He preceded her in death.