Betty Jane Bittel, 88, passed away on October 30, 2018 at the Logan Manor, Logan, Kansas. Born on October 20, 1930 on a farm near Hanover, Kansas, to Joseph West and Anna Marie (Moravek) Jandera.

Betty Jane was raised in Hanover. She attended grade schools in Hanover, Goodland, Hill City, Oberlin and Downs before her family settled in Logan, Kansas. She attended high school in Logan, graduating in the class of 1948. She started working for D. G. Hansen Trust right out of high school. She was the personal secretary for Dane Hansen and then Dane Bales until her retirement in 2013.

In 1952, she met Alvin Walter Bittel. They were married on August 4, 1954 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Logan. They had 2 children, Kay Elaine and Kevin Alvin. Kevin was stillborn on April 13, 1962 and her husband, Alvin passed away on June 27, 1969.

Betty Jane enjoyed traveling, quilting, collecting toothpick holders, tumble-ups, Czechoslovakian glassware and riding the motorcycle with her friend Eldon Gilbert. She loved being with her family and spent many hours researching her parents family history and genealogy.

Betty Jane is preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, son-in-law, Neil Biery, infant brother, Joseph Jandera, Jr. and sister, Loretta Becker.

She is survived by her daughter, Kay Biery, Hays, Kansas; granddaughter, Jennifer Biery, Madison, Wisconsin; brother, Jerrold Jandera & wife, Wanda, Logan, Kansas; and many other relatives and friends.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the St. John’s Catholic Church in Logan, KS with Fathers George Chalbhagam and Daryl Olmstead officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Logan, KS.

Scriptural Wake and Rosary will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, November 5, 2018 in the Logan Funeral Home, 102 East Church Street, Logan, KS.

Mrs. Bittel will lie in state from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and again Monday from Noon until 9 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. that evening at the Logan Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Logan Manor Nursing Home or the St. John’s Catholic Church.