Betty Jean LeFevre

May 15, 1939 - December 16, 2016

Betty Jean LeFevre, 77, of Butler, passed away Friday, December 16 surrounded by her family at Butler Memorial Hospital. She was born May 15, 1939 in Parker. Betty was a 1957 graduate of Butler Senior High School. She was the daughter of John and Nancy (LeVier) Montgomery. Betty was an avid reader, gardener, Steeler fan and music lover. She was a devoted wife, homemaker and an incredible mother. Betty was a selfless person who saw the best in everyone and put everyone's needs above her own. Before becoming a mother, she was an operator for People's Telephone. Later she worked for Kmart and for Butler Memorial Hospital for 25 years as a receptionist at the front desk. She is survived by her husband of 55 years whom she married January 17, 1961, John LeFevre Sr. of Butler; 3 daughters, Michele (Dr. Gregory) Bovasso of Philadelphia, Valerie (Michael) Degnan of Pittsburgh and Kristen (Tim) Young of Butler; 2 sons, John (Dianna) LeFevre Jr. of Saxonburg and Robert (Mina) LeFevre of Mount Olive, NJ; 11 grandchildren (John, Jeremy and Justin LeFevre, Yasmine and Sasha Degnan, Isabella and Francesca Bovasso, Timothy and Ty Young, and Michael and Nicholas LeFevre); 3 sisters, Elsie Double of Connoquenessing, Harriet Miller of Butler and Marilyn Jurysta of Erie; and her Boxer dog Shakespeare. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother John Montgomery. Friends will be received at Young Funeral Home, Ltd., 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler, on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 from 6PM until the time of the service at 8PM. Interment in the North Cemetery, Butler.