Betty Jo (Ullman) Pientka, age 95, of Lincoln, passed away February 7, 2026. Memorial Services are pending. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery, Beatrice, NE. Betty was born on March 1, 1930, in Steinauer, Pawnee County, NE to Lawrence and Gertrude Ullman. The family moved to Beatrice where she attended school and eventually became a beauty operator. She met the love of her life, Larry, and upon his graduation from the University of Nebraska, they built their forever home in Lincoln where she opened her own beauty shop. Her hobbies, gardening and china painting, were her passion. Betty was a member of the Cathedral of the Risen Christ.
Betty was predeceased by her husband of 66 years, Lawrence, sisters, Agatha Coudeyras, Opal Powell, and brothers, Lloyd Ullman, Sylvester Ullman. She is survived by sister,
Regina Schwarz of Lincoln, brother, Hubert (Connie) Ullman, of Tulsa, Ok., and numerous nieces and nephews who knew her as their “Aunt Betty”.
Condolences may be left at trumpmemorials.com. Trump Funeral Services, 1600 West “O” Street, Lincoln.