Betty Lou was born to Herbert and June (Maas) Wolf. She had two brothers Herbert Wolf, Jr. (Cherry) and John Wolf (Lynn), who preceded her in death. She grew up and lived in Little Rock, Arkansas. She attended the University of Texas.
Betty Lou married Edwin P. Epstein. They had three children; June (Epstein) Mills, Edward “Ted” Epstein (Tina Daubenspeck) and Herbert “Bert” Epstein. Herbert preceded them in death at a young age. She is also survived by her grandchildren Audra Mills and Chloe Daubenspeck and her two great-grandchildren Luke and Logan Alvarado.
Betty Lou was a member of the New Reform Temple. She was a member of the Red Cross. She taught swimming to the blind at the Prairie Village Pool. One of her favorite hobbies was gardening. She loved to spend time planting tomatoes and peppers and other vegetables. She was a housewife and her family was her priority. She loved to swim at her neighbor’s, Mary & Larry Leonard pool at 4:00am. She would be the only one awake. She would take her ‘noodle’, do her swim, and then go home. She said it relaxed her and there was no sun.
Betty Lou liked butterflies and did research on them. She did presentations about them to a variety of groups. She liked to look out on the patio at birds. Her favorites were hummingbirds. She would look at the birds with her binoculars.
Betty Lou liked to go Jones Store to get her hair done once a week and look at the latest fashions. She liked to travel. She had many friends that she enjoyed meeting with. She loved to drive her blue Cadillac.
A Visitation will be held from 12:00pm to 1:00pm followed by a 1:00pm Funeral Service on Sunday, December 15th at Mt. Moriah, Newcomer & Freeman Funeral Home at 10507 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64131. Burial will follow in Mount Moriah Cemetery South.
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