Betty J. Visser, Lawrence
1951 - 2007
Former Emporia resident Betty J. Visser of Lawrence died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was 56.
The daughter of John and Virginia Schuyler Visser, she was born Aug. 17, 1951, at Holland, Mich. She attended the University of Denver and the Chicago Art Institute. She graduated from the University of Iowa School of Fine Arts and received a master’s degree in library science from Emporia State University.
She married Anthony Kuhn on Dec. 27, 1971. They divorced in 1977. They had lived in Europe and traveled for one year.
Ms. Visser lived in New York City and worked at Cornell University. She returned to Kansas in 1976 and lived in Emporia. She later moved to Kansas City and worked at the Kansas University Medical Library. She moved to Lawrence in 1986 and was a past recipient of the Volunteer of the Year award from the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
She is survived by her mother of Lawrence; three sisters, Mary Frances Visser of Mankato, Minn., Nancy Visser of New York, N.Y., and Martha Visser of Jupiter, Fla. Her father, former president of Emporia State University, died in 1997.
The service to celebrate her life will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Babcock Place, 1700 Massachusetts St., in Lawrence. Ms. Visser donated her body to the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, 200 Maine St., Lawrence, KS 66044.
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home in Lawrence has the arrangements.
Messages to the family may be left at www.rumssey-yost.com.