Betty Jean Kelso,78,secretary for King Van Lines, passed away at 7:30 A.M., Monday, November 6, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital Wichita, Kansas from Leukemia and Pneumonia. Service 2:00 P.M., Friday, November 17, Downing & Lahey Mortuary East Wichita, Kansas. Betty was born February 23, 1928 in Meade, Kansas to Beulah B. (Kent) and William Clyde King. She graduated from East High School in 1946. Betty received her Bachelor of Arts ~ Magna Cum Laude from Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in May 1978. She attended WSU Graduate School and received her Master of Arts in Spanish. Betty was well versed in English, Spanish and Italian. She was a supporter of KPTS Channel 8, Wichita Music Theater, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, The Zusu Pitts Film Festival in Parsons, Kansas, The Topeka Silent Film Festival in Topeka, Kansas, The Annual Buster Keaton Celebration in Iola, Kansas and was also a member of the Sons of the Desert Laughing Gravy Tent Oasis#229 of Wichita (the International Laurel and Hardy Fan Club). Betty retired as secretary of King Van Lines and the Blood Department of the Wichita branch of the American Red Cross. Her favorite loves were her children, dogs, film and literature, which she passed on to her son, John. Survivors: children, John Kelso of Wichita, Kim Locken of Moose Jaw SK, Canada and Chris Kelso of Albuquerque, New Mexico; sister, Patricia McClain; grandchildren, Vanessa of Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Natalie, Cassandra and Sarah, all of Moose Jaw, SK, Canada; great-grandchildren, Taylor, Madison and Isabell, all of Canada; brother-in-law, Darrel McClain of Wichita; niece, Terry Lee McClain of San Francisco, California; daughter-in-law, Anne of Albuquerque, New Mexico; her beloved, smooth hair Fox Terrier, Tootsie Too Kelso; her friends around the state and country. Betty will be missed by many. Memorials were established with Music Theatre of Wichita, Century II, Wichita, Kansas, 67202 and Wichita Symphony, 225 W. Douglas, Wichita, Kansas, 67202.