Betty Jean (McClure) Brown , 69, of Valley Center, Kansas, reunited with her husband and other family on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in Wichita, Kansas.  She was born in Newton, Kansas to Denton and Mildred (Royer) McClure.  After graduation she joined and served in the United States Army Reserves.  She married the love of her life, James Russell Brown in 1988.  Betty worked at The Coleman Company. She worked and helped her husband with their family cattle ranching. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She treasured her time spent with family.

Betty is survived by her son Joshua Vineyard and wife Angela; grandchildren Haley, Bryce and Desiree; brother Dwight McClure and wife Lyla; sister Sherrie Godwin; many other family and friends.  She was preceded by her husband Jim, her parents, brother-in-law and sister-in-law Mike and Linda Highfill, and brother-in-law Walter Ray Brown.

Visitation will be held 4:00-6:00 p.m., Thursday, January 23, 2020 at the Baker Funeral Home Valley Center Chapel. Service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 24 at Sunnydale Park Cemetery, 10357 N. Hydraulic, Valley Center, Kansas. Memorials may be designated in her memory to the American Heart Association. Condolences may be left for the family at www.bakerfhvc.com