Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Waite Park for Betty Motschke, 84, of St. Cloud and formerly of Waite Park, who died Feb. 5, 2025, at Cherrywood Assisted Living in St. Cloud. The Rev. Brady Keller will officiate and burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in St. Cloud and one hour prior to services Feb. 28 at the church in Waite Park.
Betty was born March 13, 1940, in St. Cloud to Thomas and Rosemary (Mastey) Novak. She married Reinhard Motschke Oct. 20, 1958, at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Gilman. Reinhard died suddenly in 1998. She married Marcel Brenny May 11, 2007, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waite Park. Betty worked at Holes Webway and later for Northern Wire for 26 years. She is a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Waite Park and was active in the Christian Women’s Society. She was also a member of NARF. She enjoyed spending time canning, gardening, knitting, crocheting and playing cards. Betty loved old time music and dancing with her husband, Reinhard. She loved camping and traveling; she took many trips including to Germany and Alaska. Betty and Reinhard enjoyed spending winters in Mission, Texas, for many years. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother. She was real disciplinarian to her six boys.
She is survived by her sons, Kevin (Jean) of St. Cloud, Ken of Rockville, Robert of Sartell, Russell of St. Joseph and Dale of Hutto, Texas; grandchildren, Hannah, Collin, Ariel, Zach, Mason, Connor, Emilee, Shane and Megan; great-grandchildren: Amelia, Tilly, Macy, Graham and Ruby; five step-children and 10 step-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters, Rosy Pulczinski of Bemidji and Eileen Bialka of Zimmerman.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husbands; son, Douglas; sister, Evelyn; brothers, Norbert, Adam, Alvin and Leroy; as well as three infant siblings, Johnny, Rita and Theresa.
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