Betty Jean Kimble Callaway Lyle, 99, of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at home surrounded by family.

She was born on September 22, 1925, in Ethel, Missouri, the daughter of Bert Leroy Kimble and Mary Catherine Early Kimble.

She attended elementary School in Orrick, Missouri before her family moved to Baring, Missouri, and graduated from the Baring High School as Valedictorian in the Class of 1942. After graduation she was ask to teach at a one room country school, during the war and was able to take courses at the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville, Missouri, during the summer breaks.

On May 5, 1948, she married Leo Henry Callaway, and they made their home in Kansas where Leo worked for the Santa Fe Railroad and Betty taught school and raised six children.

In 1962, they moved to Belle, Missouri where Leo worked for the Federal Aviation Agency and Betty finished her Bachelor's in in Education in 1972 and Masters in Education in 1973 at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Betty was a lifelong Catholic and was a member of the St. Alexander Catholic Church in Belle, Missouri and the Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Kirksville, Missouri. She was also a member of BETA Sigma Phi and Maris Stella Mothers.

Betty is survived by daughters, Cathy (Ike) Huffman, Elizabeth (Kurt) Clauss, Sharon (Jim) Etzkorn and sons, Wade (JoAnn) Callaway, and John Kevin Callaway; many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren; along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Leo Callaway in 1972 and Dean Lyle in 1990 and her son Richard Callaway in 2013; her parents, Bert Kimble and Mary Kimble Moore; brothers, Dick Kimble and Jack Kimble; and a grandson, Brady Callaway.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 22, 2024, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edina, Missouri.

The family will receive friends on Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Church.

Interment will be in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Edina, Missouri.

Father Boniface Kasiita will Celebrate Betty's Life and Pallbearers will be Matt Clauss, Michael Huffman, Michael Etzkorn, Brant Callaway, Blake Callaway, and Alex Huffman.

An expression of sympathy in memory of Betty Lyle may be left as Masses to the Catholic Church of the Donor's Choice. A Mass may be left at or mailed to the Doss Funeral Home 208 N. 4th Street, Edina, Missouri 63537.