Betty Jane LeClerc, 87, of Sweet Home, died April 17, 2022.
She was born Oct. 26, 1934, to Thomas Towerson and Jen Sena Maria (Nelson) Gunson of Plankinton, S.D., the youngest of eight children.
She attended high school in Junction City, where she was a cheerleader. There she met the love of her life, Dean LeClerc. They married August 7, 1952 in Harrisburg, shortly before Dean deployed to Korea.
Mrs. LeClerc moved to California while…