Betty Jane Retz

Betty J. (Wentworth) Retz, 97 of Raymond, died Sunday, December 6, 2020. She was born March 25, 1923 in Minnesota, daughter of Ace L. and Delia L. Olson Wentworth. She worked for Powers Manufacturing as a seamstress, retiring in 1985.

She married Fred Oettel, they later divorced. Later, married Paul Bloomquist, they later divorced. Later, she married Al Retz, he died in 1998.

Betty loved family-oriented activities such as: picnics, vacations, eating out, shopping trips with her daughters, going to church, seeing Elvis tributes, playing cards, and watching TV with her children and grandchildren. She was very loved and will be missed.

Betty is survived by her daughters, Linda (Dale) Crisp of Waterloo; Cathy (Wayne Billings) Bloomquist of Raymond; son, Bruce (Debbie) Bloomquist of Waterloo; and daughter-in-law, Mary Oettel of Waterloo; eight grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a brother, Clarence (Marilyn) Wentworth.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Al; son, Stephen Oettel; brothers, Jack, Claude, Lee, Gene, Charlie, Donald and Leslie; and sisters, Rosemary Wentworth, Mildred Williams and Olive Williams.