Helena, Mont. - Betty received her angel wings on Monday, August 26, 2019. She passed peacefully at age 89 with her children at her side at her son's home. Betty was born to John and Ida Belle Pedersen in Butte, Mont. on March 29, 1930. She was raised in Harlowton, Mont. during the Great Depression and World War Two. Betty was the oldest of five children. She attended school in Harlowton through her junior year of high school. During World War Two, as a teenager Betty delivered newspapers in Harlowton and helped take care of the troops on the many trains that stopped at Harlowton. Betty...