Mass of Christian Burial for Elizabeth L. “Betty” Foxhoven, age 91 of Wynot, will be on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Family (Sts. Peter & Paul) Catholic Church in Bow Valley.
The Rev. An Duy Phan will officiate. Burial will be at Sts. Peter & Paul cemetery in Bow Valley.
Visitation will be on Friday, at church, from 5-7 p.m. with a Vigil at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue on Saturday morning one hour prior to services.
Pallbearers are Greg Foxhoven, Derek Foxhoven, Jason Kreikemeier, Bryan Foxhoven, Charles Foxhoven, Tom Kuchta, Tyler Kuchta and Elijah Foxhoven.
Honorary Pallbearers are all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Elizabeth Louise Hesse was born on September 15, 1930 at the farm home of her parents Joseph and Mary (Wortmann) Hesse as the 8th child of 10 and she died on Friday, March 18, 2022 at the Arbor Care Center in Hartington.
She attended grade school at Bunker Hill and then high school at Holy Trinity in Hartington.
She taught in one room country schools until her marriage. She married Charles Foxhoven on November 22, 1949. They lived near Crofton a short time and then moved to a farm near Wynot where they lived all the rest of their married lives. Her husband died in 1993 and Foxhoven remained on the farm for several years. In 1997, her children built a house for her in Wynot where she lived until her death.
The couple were the parents of 11 children. She had 37 grandchildren, 55 great grandchildren with 5 more on the way. She continued her dedication to education and extended her family by hosting 3 Brazilian foreign exchange students, Pedro Mendes, Gabriel Carrijo, and Danilo Mendes. She was a member of Holy Family Church, (Sts. Peter & Paul), Bow Valley.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Mary Hesse; husband Charles Foxhoven, daughter and son-in-law Kathy and Steve Hansen, son Terry Foxhoven; four brothers and their spouses – Richard (Ellen) Hesse, Ed (Laverda) Hesse, Al (Ethel) Hesse, Bud (Dorothy) Hesse; four sisters and their spouses – Helen (Ben) Piekenbrock, Loretta (Sylvester) Burbach, Mary Ann (Owen) Koenig, Sally Hesse; a brother-in-law Don Lauer; and infant great granddaughter Piper Ann Foxhoven.
Elizabeth L. “Betty” Foxhoven is survived by nine children and spouses, daughter-in-law (Joan) Foxhoven, Wynot; Dan Foxhoven, Denver, Colo.; Shirley (Harvey) Kreikemeier, West Point; Chuck (Rita) Foxhoven, Norfolk; Sharon Dykshoorn, Sioux City, Iowa; Ron (Peg) Foxhoven, Lincoln; Karen (Alan) Kuchta, Wynot; Bob Foxhoven, Wayne; Dave Foxhoven, Parker, Colo.; Kristi Ricks (fiance James Valentine) of Dakota City; 37 grandchildren, 54 great grandchildren; one sister, Elsie Lauer of Hartington and a sister-in-law, Marian Foxhoven of Omaha.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington.