Betty LuDean Wells Prentice

August 6, 1935 - March 26, 2019

Betty LuDean Wells Prentice August 6, 1935 – March 26, 2019 Betty LuDean Wells Prentice, 83, passed away in her home in Marlin, WA, while surrounded by her loving husband and devoted children on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. LuDean was born August 6, 1935 in Oakley, Idaho. The third child of Harold Gilbert and Alice Mae Wells. She was a 1953 graduate of Oakley High School. She married the love of her life, Donald J. Prentice, on August 1, 1953, in Gooding, Idaho and they were sealed for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on July 23, 1954. More than anything on this earth LuDean loved her one true love Don, her family, her friends and her Savior. She was devoted to genealogy and experienced many miracles during the 55+ years that she dedicated herself to it. She and Don took many trips all over the United States searching, documenting and preserving the records of her family. She loved crocheting afghans, baby blankets and doll dresses for her loved ones. She was a fantastic painter/artist. She was an avid rock hound, searching for beautiful stones while on her genealogy trips. Most of all, she loved spending time with family, enjoying and scapbooking pictures from every visit, and framing beautiful photographs to grace every corner of her beloved home. She is survived by her husband, Donald J. Prentice; five of their six children, Kathleen Prentice, Neal Prentice, Dena Billman (Nolan Billman), Terri Landoe (Sig Landoe), Maynard Prentice (Avis Prentice) and Boyd Fullmer; twenty seven grandchildren, forty-eight and a half great-grandchildren and her sister Velma Boothe. She is preceded in death by her loving parents, Harold and Alice Wells; daughter Pamela Prentice; her daughter-in-law Nancy Prentice; and her brother William Wells. Services for Betty LuDean Wells Prentice will be held on March 30, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 1515 South Division St., Moses Lake, WA 98837. If sending flowers please contact Kayser’s Chapel of Memories (509) 765-7848. In lieu of flowers we encourage that you make a donation to local Hospice.