Betty E. Huffman, age 86, lost her battle with colon cancer Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at her home in Clinton, Missouri with many praying and close by.  Funeral services will be held at 11:30 A.M. Monday, March 31, 2014 at the Clinton Christian Church, Clinton, Missouri.  The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:30 A.M.  Interment will be in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri.  The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Clinton Senior Center Endowment Fund, Clinton Christian Church, or Twin Lakes Hospice and may be left in care of the funeral home.  Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Betty was born July 13, 1927 in Napoleon, Missouri the daughter of William D. and Minnie (Burns) Thurman.  She attended Pleasant Prairie School and later graduated in 1945 from high school in Wellington.  She immediately moved to Kansas City first working for the Central Security Insurance Company and later Sears and Roebuck before meeting her future husband, William (Bill) F. Huffman.  They married on May 13, 1951, later living in Raytown, Missouri.  In 1975, the family moved to Clinton, Missouri, where she lived the remainder of her life.  After moving to Clinton, Betty became the site manager for the Clinton Senior Center for District III A.A.O.A., and was a very influential factor in getting a new building site for the Center as well as assisting in many other local community projects.  She continued to serve on the Clinton Senior Center Board before retiring just last fall.  She was also a member of the Silver Haired Legislature in representing Henry County actively advocating many vital issues of senior citizens on the behalf of Henry County and State, as a whole.  As a longtime member of the Clinton Christian Church, she was a member of the Choir of over 38 years, while actively participating in many other roles and responsibilities within the church.  While many recognized Betty for her passion and drive in helping others through many awards and recognitions, nothing meant more to her than her family and friends.  She was renowned for her incredible cooking, friendship, Christian faith, and love for others.  Anyone who knows her, has eaten her famous "banana cake" and many other signature dishes she created or tweaked over the years.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Frank and Gilbert Thurman.

Survivors include her husband, William F. Huffman, Jr. of the home, two sons, David William Huffman of Raytown, Missouri and Michael Richard Huffman and his wife, ReNell, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, ten grandkids; Abbi Huffman, Janelle Huffman, Sam Lunn, Amanthus Lunn, Kalien Lunn, Kendra Huffman, Kiel Huffman, Michael Huffman Jr., Kameren Huffman, and Justin "Sonny" Huffman, eight great-grandkids; Noah Tyler, Stefen Lunn, Kira Parks, Orlen Lunn, Zoey Huffman, Morrigan McDole, Gabriel Huffman, and Riley McDole, as well as one sister-in-law, Dorothy Thurman of Newbury, Missouri.She also leaves many adoring neices and nephews and a host of friends.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.