Bette Louise (Plies) Garcia was born in Fairbury, Nebraska on February 3, 1931, the daughter of John Melvin and Esther Luella (Deuchler) Plies and passed away on October 29, 2013 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 82 years, 8 months, 26 days. Bette graduated in 1948 from Fairbury High School and joined the U.S. Air Force. On April 15, 1951, she was united in marriage to Robert James Garcia in Fairbury, Nebraska and their union was blessed with four children, Patricia, Linda, John and Esther. She was a homemaker and in later years she was a CNA at Beatrice Hospital and Beatrice Manor. She also worked at the grocery store in Odell. Bette lived most of her life in Fairbury, Diller and Odell and moved in Seward following the death of her husband on October 29, 2005. Bette was a member of the American Legion in Odell and attended the Church of Christ in Lincoln. Bette will be remembered as a loving, caring, giving person who liked to have fun. She was an excellent cook and seamstress. She enjoyed doing all kinds of crafts, especially cross stitch, quilting, and making piatas for her grandchildren. Bette was a welcoming hostess who always had a bed and a meal ready for relatives. She enjoyed bird watching, planting flowers and tending to her cactus garden. She loved and cherished her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Bette is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Garcia; her parents, John and Esther Plies; sisters, Josephine Peters, Marilyn Crews; brothers, John "Butch", Larry and Robert Plies; brothers-in-law, Wayne Crews, Robert Griswold, Ray and Gregory Garcia, Clyde Hopkins; sister-in-law, Sybil Plies; sons-in-law Kenneth Toovey and Kevin Heble. Bette is survived by her children and spouses, Pat Toovey, Seward, Linda and Tom Wendland, John and Linda Garcia, Esther and Randy Freitag, all of Diller; grandchildren, Brian and Leslie Toovey, Scott and Monica Toovey, Keri and Tim Lewis, Christy Wendland, John and Jennifer Wendland, Elizabeth and George Firmanik, Nick and Trish Wendland, Amanda Wendland and fiancé Rob Fritzwater, Devin Garcia and special friend Kodi Gruber, Amber and Jesus Gaytan, Forest Freitag and fiancé Linsey Probst; great-grandchildren, Cole, Jackson, and Emily Toovey, Tyler Toovey, Kai Wendland, Jerrico Allen, Taylor and Braydin Wendland, Seth, Payton, Issiah and Ellijah Firmanik, Athena Wendland; sister, Sharon Griswold, Scottsbluff; brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, Esther Hopkinds, Citrus Heights, CA, Marion and Delores Loyd, Phoenix, AZ, Jean Weisel, Lincoln, Pat Walters, Belleville, KS; nieces and nephews and a host of friends. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers, and memories of life shared with Bette.