Betty Lou Selvidge passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on March 30, 1933, to Daniel and Ola Smith Selvidge in Collins, Missouri.
Betty graduated from Collins High School in 1950. She continued her education at Southwest Baptist College, Bolivar, Missouri and at Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. She received her Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from Drury College, Springfield, Missouri.
She taught for two years in Springfield and then moved to Topeka, Kansas. She taught for 34 years in the Topeka School System.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, brother Dale Selvidge and nephew Kenny Selvidge. She is survived by niece-in-law Dixie Selvidge, great niece Elizabeth O’Donnell and great nephew Daniel Selvidge. Also, first cousins Margaret Brown Nichols, Dennis Smith, C.A. Smith, and Jim Smith.
Family suggest memorial contributions be made to the Countryside United Methodist Church or Freeman-Holsapple Cemetery in care of the funeral home.
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Mark Crider says
July 5, 2022 at 11:13 amThis breaks my heart. Ms. Selvidge and I would go to lunch every time I visited Topeka. She was my 4th and 5th grade teacher at Southwest Avondale. Due to health reasons, I was not able to attend her visitation or funeral. She was a wonderful human being.