Betty Ostby
March 3, 1938-Oct. 14, 2020
Betty Ostby, 82, Minot,
died Wednesday, October
14, 2020 in a Minot hospi-
tal.
Betty Jean was born on
March 3, 1938 in Minot to
Tony and Lillian (Robil-
lard) Kulesza. She was
raised and educated in
Sawyer. At the age of 14
Betty hopped a train to
California. She resided in
the Long Beach area and
worked on her studies to
become a licensed practi-
cal nurse. Betty remained
in California for the next
10 years.
Betty moved back to
Minot, where she lived
and worked. Betty was
once married to Jerry Os-
borne, from this union
daughter Nancy was born.
Betty was married, di-
vorced and remarried to
Roger Ostby and together
they adopted daughter
Rhegan in 1982. Betty
spent the next years of her
life being a mother and
homemaker for the fami-
ly.
Betty had a long dedica-tion and membership to
the Salvation Army
Church, which started
with her mother being a
housekeeper for the
church. Betty was an en-
rolled soldier for most of
her life and participated
in church activities as
often as she was able.
Betty had many in-
terests, she enjoyed mak-
ing jewelry and collecting
dolls. She also had a
talent for art which she
used to teach classes at
the 2nd Story Club and
through the Salvation
Army Church youth pro-
gram. Betty was also an
accomplished profession-al clown who brought
smiles to many faces
throughout her life.
Betty is survived by:
her husband, Roger,
Minot; daughters, Nancy
(Rick) McAllister, Norco,
CA and Rhegan (Joshua)
Stansbury, Marinette, WI;
grandchildren, Kimberly
(Matthew) Casarez, Norco,
CA and Isabella, Lillianah
and Josias Stansbury,
Marinette, WI;
great-grandchildren,
Matthew and Harley
Casarez, Norco, CA; along
with many in-laws,
nieces, nephews and even
a great-great nephew.
Betty was preceded in
death by: her parents and
brother, Wally Robillard.
A public visitation will
be held on Friday, Oc-
tober 30, 2020 from 9:00
– 10:00 a.m. in the Tho-
mas Family Funeral
Home. Masks are re-
quired.
Due to the current CO-
VID restrictions a Private
Family Memorial Service
will be held.
A link to view live
streaming of the Memorial
Service will be available
on Friday, October 30,
2020 starting at 10:00 a.m.
under her obituary page at
thomasfamily
funeralhome.com.
Those wishing to sign
the online memorial regis-
ter or share memories are
invited to use the expres-
sions of sympathy section
at (www.thomasfamily
funeralhome.com)