Betty Jane Covell

Betty J. (Korth) Covell of Ronan, MT passed away on Friday, June 27, 2025, at St. Luke Extended Care Facility, Ronan, MT.

Betty was born on December 12,1930, in Summit, South Dakota, the daughter Emil Carl Frank Korth and Elsie Jane (Wartenbee) Korth.

The family moved from Summit to Marshfield, Wisconsin and she later moved out of the family home to Duluth, Minnesota to work for a doctor and his wife caring for their daughters. She was later employed at F. W. Woolworths in Duluth.

She later met and married Francis H. Stevens and relocated to St. Paul, MN where she was employed by National Checking Co. In 1961, the family moved to Kalispell where she was employed by Buttrey Foods Grocery in the bakery department for many years, moving to the store in Casper, WY to live with her older son, Victor after the divorce from her first husband in 1981.

She met and married Edwin Covell of Whitefish, MT relocating back to Montana in 1988.

She is survived by two brothers, Joseph Korth of Hancock WI and Irvin Korth of Oshkosh WI her three sons, Victor Stevens of Ronan MT, Mark Stevens of Huson MT and Robert Stevens of Kalispell MT as well as six grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by Edwin, her parents Emil and Elsie, her brother Robert and sister Darlene.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 2:00 pm at the Polson Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.