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TJEPKES, Betty Helene (Nelsen) 1917-2007

TJEPKES, NELSON, HIBBS, MORRISON

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/21/2013 at 23:50:19

Betty Helene Nelsen was born July 31, 1917 in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Dr. Andrew and Anna C. Larsen Nelsen.

She married Walter E. Hibbs May 29, 1938, in Omaha, Nebraska. He died November 28, 1970. She married William W. Tjepkes December 16, 1983 in Cedar Falls. He died December 12, 1995.

She had worked as secretary at the First Baptist Church, Cedar Falls, and in the Admissions Office at the University of Northern Iowa. She was a member of First Baptist Church and the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.

Betty is survived by two sons, Dale (Kristin) Hibbs of Iowa City, Iowa and William (Jan) Hibbs of Belleville, Illinois; a stepson, Kendall (Linda) Tjepkes of Dike, Iowa; a daughter, Betsy Hibbs of Des Moines, Iowa; three grandchildren, Annie Hibbs of Belleville, Illinois, Jonathan and Matthew Hibbs of Iowa City, Iowa; and two step-granddaughters, Lori (Brian) Parker of Woodbury, Minnesota and Tiffany (Don) Kennedy of Bettendorf, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her two husbands; her son, 2nd Lt. Robert J. Hibbs; granddaughter, Julie Daker; two brothers, Verner and Viggo Nelsen of Omaha, NE, and a sister, Ellen Morrison of Richland, Washington.

Betty died Wednesday, August 22, 2007, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home.

Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home Chapel, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery in Cedar Falls. Public Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Richardson Funeral Home, and also for one hour prior to services at the chapel.

Memorials may be directed to Cedar Falls Lutheran Home.

[Source: Richardson Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, Iowa]


 

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