Betty Lee Ongley Day marks former Portage mayor’s 100th birthday

PORTAGE, MI — City leaders didn’t expect to see 99-year-old Betty Lee Ongley in Portage City Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 13.

Sitting beside her three daughters, Ongley wiped tears away with a smile as former Portage City Councilmember Terry Urban read her accomplishments into the record.

“It was very important to be honored by the city because I served here so long as teacher (and) counselor, and then came on the city council,” she said…

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