Bettina Ann Brumbaugh

Bettina Ann (Brogden) Brumbaugh was born one of 12 children on March 11, 1930 in Paris, Tennessee to John and Hazel (Nichols) Brogden.  She passed away on April 7, 2020 in Plano, Texas.

Bettina attended Grove High School in Paris, Tennessee. She then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and was voted “Most Beautiful Woman in Nevada” by Nevada’s most popular magazine.  She lived a glamorous life, even going out on the town with rising star Elvis Presley.

Bettina and her twin sister, Bonnie Collins (deceased), were famous models, leading such “twin” ad campaigns as the “Toni Twins” together.  But eventually Bettina gave up the glamorous, jet set lifestyle to marry Peter Ross Viviano (deceased) of St. Louis, Missouri, and then gave birth to daughter Bettina Sofia Viviano-Langlais.  Although the marriage didn’t last, Bettina remained close to the Viviano family, and considered her niece Nicole Vita Nix to be her second “daughter.”

In 1975 Bettina married Philip Sloan Brumbaugh (deceased) and they created the Texas-St. Louis Land Company to oversee their substantial royalty interests in the Yates Oil Field in West Texas.  After beloved Philip passed away, Bettina remained active in the oil industry, moved to Plano, Texas, and ran the oil business until she passed away.

Bettina was beautiful, fun, glamorous, and lived an incredibly colorful life.  She was truly one of a kind and will be missed greatly by her family and friends.

She is survived by her daughter Bettina Sofia Viviano-Langlais of Las Vegas, Nevada and siblings Joe Brogden, Patricia Jackson, Candace Moffitt, Sandra Kempter, Elwood Brogden and Johnnie Willis all of Tennessee.

She will be buried beside her husband Philip Sloan Brumbaugh at 11:00 am on Saturday, April 18, 2020 in Oak Hill Cemetery, 10301 Big Bend Road, Kirkwood, Missouri 63122.