BETTY S. PALSGROVE

Betty Sue Palsgrove, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996, at her home.

She was born Nov. 28, 1921, in Hayti, the daughter of Samuel E. and Pocahontas Proctor Nethery. On Dec. 20, 1942, in Hayti, she married Jack E. Palsgrove, who preceded her in death on Jan. 28, 1990.

Palsgrove was a member of the First Christian Church in Cape Girardeau. She graduated from Hayti High School in 1939 and earned a bachelor's degree in music from Southeast Missouri State University and a master's degree in music from the University of Illinois. She taught music at Hayti Junior High School and Hayti Senior High School. She taught music at Southeast Missouri State University for more than 30 years, retiring in 1988.

Palsgrove served as organist for the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau for a number of years and as organist for the First Christian Church for more than 20 years. She was a member and sponsor of Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity.

Palsgrove and her husband founded the civic singing group Cape Choraliers in 1951. They gave concerts throughout Missouri for 23 years and represented the state on Missouri Day at the World's Fair in Seattle, Wash.

Survivors include two daughters, Gloria Lynne Hassemer of Tehachapi, Calif., and Patti Jeanne Jones of Cape Girardeau; one sister, Sally Jo Nethery of Memphis, Tenn.; and four grandchildren.

Friends may call at Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today.

The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel with the Rev. Philip Curran officiating. Burial will follow in Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.