Betty Jean Pudwill, 86 of Herreid, SD passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015, surrounded by her loving family at the Linton Hospital in Linton, ND.Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Peace Lutheran Church, Herreid, with Pastor Ramona Hayes officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Herreid. Visitation will be from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at the church where there will be a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the funeral service on Wednesday.Betty was born on March 16, 1929 on a farm near Westfield, ND the daughter of Dick and Minnie (Stam) Van Beek. She went to farm school for 8 years and went on to graduate from Pollock High School in 1947. After receiving her teaching certificate in Ellendale, ND Betty taught farm school at Redtop Hill and Hillside.On June 18, 1948 Betty married Wilmer Pudwill and the couple lived in the Mobridge, Selby and Herreid communities. In 1956 they purchased a farm in the Gale community where they raised their family and in 1988 they made their home in Herreid.Betty enjoyed reading, cooking, baking, gardening, and entertaining friends and family. She especially enjoyed crocheting and gave many afghans as gifts over the years. In 2008 Betty moved to the Herreid Good Samaritan Center where she met her second family. Visits from family and friends were the highlight of her day. Betty loved children and was known as "Grandma Betty", not only to her own grandchildren, but to their friends and other kids in the neighborhood as well. Betty is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Richard (Holly) Pudwill; three daughters and sons-in-law, Peggy (Arlyn) Hasper, Cynthia (Dwight) Rossow, and Susan (Larry) Goehring, all of Herreid; 16 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Jeanette Van Beek of IL.She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brothers, Donald and Edward; sisters, Matilda Zandstra and Ann Van Beek; and a great-grandson, Jacob Kessler.