The

memorial service for Betty Lou Herfindahl, of Austin, will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 6, at Zion Lutheran Church, Albert Lea. The Rev. Paul Aldrich will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcreat Cemetery, Albert Lea. Friends may visit with family one hour before the service at the church.

Betty died Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, at the Austin Medical Center. She was 75 years old.

Betty was born in Hartley, Iowa, on July 17, 1929, the daughter of Henry and Sadie (Ihnen) Morfitt. She graduated from Worthington High School and from the School of Cosmetology in Fairmont. She grow up in Worthington, and also lived in

Clarissa, Albert Lea and Austin.

Betty was married to Andrew Janssen who preceded her in death, and later was married to Sig Herfindahl, also preceding her in death. Betty was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and was baptized and confirmed at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Worthington.

Betty owned and operated her own beauty shop in Manchester and Albert Lea.

She was a volunteer for RSVP and the Good Samaritan Center in Albert Lea.

Betty enjoyed camping and was an avid reader.

Betty is survived by step children: Dick and wife Jean Herfindahl of Albert Lea, and Judy and husband Mike Gordon of Albert Lea; five step grandchildren; nine step great-grandchildren; brother, Derald Morfitt and wife Bonnie of Albert Lea; sister, Mildred Morfitt of Austin; friends: Janice Slack of Oakland, Jean (Arnie) DeBoer of Austin, and Marge Reutzel of Northwood, Iowa; brother-in-law, Melvin

Janssen (Margaret) of Bigelow, Minn.; special niece, Margie (Jim) Field of Newton, Ala.; brothers-in-law: Elden Ponto of Worthington, and Al Schlarbaum of Albert Lea; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands: Andrew Janssen and Sig Herfindahl; and sisters: Mary Ann Ponto and Joyce Schlarbaum.

The family wishes to extend a special thanks to the two pastors at First Lutheran Church,

Blooming Prairie.

Memorials in lieu of flowers to Zion Lutheran Church of Albert Lea or Prairie Manor Nursing Home of Blooming Prairie.