Betty Sump

Betty Jean Sump, age 93 of Clay Center, passed away Friday, October 31, 2025, at the Leonardville Nursing Home.

She was born on March 5, 1932, on the family farm in northern Riley County, the daughter of Herbert and Mary (Holle) Richter. She graduated from Barnes High School.

On December 1, 1952, in Darlington, Indiana, she married A. Grant Sump. He preceded her in death in 2013.

Betty was a farm wife, a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church and served on the Green Voting Board. She was also involved in the Green E.H.U., and Green Ladies Aid. She loved bowling in the Clay Center league and gardening.

She is survived by one son, Scott Sump and wife Pam of Green; three grandchildren, Wendi Alexander (Royston), Casey Patterson (Derek), and Matt Sump, and five great grandchildren, Gavin Alexander (Kynzie), Aubri Watson (Jack), Keton Patterson, Slade Patterson, and Dakin Patterson.

In addition to her husband Grant Sump, she was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Bruce Sump; one daughter, Mona Sump, and her brother, Elver Richter.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, November 6, 2025, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Clay Center, with Rev. Paul Tessaro officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the St. Paul Lutheran Church or The Green Cafe and left in care of the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home, PO Box 176, Riley, Kansas 66531.