Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Harfield, 85, of Independence and Concordia, Missouri passed away Saturday, December 23, 2023 at Armour Oaks Senior Living Community. Betty was born September 9, 1938, the daughter of Henry Herman and Esther Elizabeth (Kessler) Lampe. Betty was a graduate of Concordia High School, class of 1956, the Research Nursing Program, and she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Graceland College. On October 20, 1957 she married Thomas F. Harfield in Kansas City, Missouri.
Betty lived much of her life in the Independence area where she and Tom raised their three children, Lisa, Sam, and Carla. She was the consummate caregiver, having worked for many years as a registered nurse with Research, St. Joseph, Lee’s Summit, and Parklane Hospitals, including serving as administrator in several roles. She was a doting mother, and invested fully in her grandchildren to help her daughter, Lisa. Betty was a longtime member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Independence, and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Concordia.
She is survived by her daughter, Carla Wallace, and her husband Tom of Lenexa, KS, and her grandchildren Jamie Satterwhite, Danny Satterwhite, and Lori Stepp, Anthony Null, and Thomas Harfield, and five great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters, Phyllis Embree and husband Dale, Blue Springs, and Sandra Slayton and husband Jim of Urich, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her son Sam, and her daughter Lisa, her parents, her brother Clark Lampe, and sister Joan Olson.
A visitation will be held Friday, December 29, 2023 at noon at Royer Funeral Home, 101 SE 15th Street, Oak Grove, MO. A funeral service will immediately follow the visitation, and a graveside service and interment will occur at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery, Concordia. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Brain Injury Association of Kansas and Kansas City.
Obituary submitted by the family.
Arrangements: Royer Funeral Home, Oak Grove, MO
Marilyn Holsten
29 Dec 2023Sandy, Phyllis, and families, you have my sympathy for a beautiful sister of yours. She was a senior, I was a freshman and sat next to her in chorus. She had a strong alto voice, which kept me on the correct notes. Loved her sweet companionship, since I was only a freshman. We will all see her again in heaven. Marilyn Oetting, Holsten.