Weiss, Betty J. (1927-2013)
WEISS, BORECKY, DOXSEE, SCOTT, IPSEN
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 8/22/2013 at 13:38:19
Betty J. Weiss
September 27, 1927 - July 03, 2013Denison, Iowa, and formerly of Newell, Iowa
Betty Weiss, age 85, of Denison, Iowa, and formerly of Newell, Iowa, died on July 3, 2013, at the Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison.
Betty Joyce Borecky was born in Denison, Iowa, on September 27, 1927, the daughter of Charles and Bertha (Doxsee) Borecky. She grew up in Denison where she attended the First Methodist Church and graduated from Denison High School in 1945.
During World War II, Betty helped the war effort by working at Amours’ egg drying plant in Denison. After high school, she went on to beauticians’ school.
Her brother, Allen D. Borecky, introduced Betty to her future husband, Louis B. Weiss. Capt. Weiss was SSgt. Borecky’s commanding officer during World War II. Betty and Louis were married in 1947 in Denison.
Louis worked for the Iowa National Mutual Insurance Company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As Louis advanced in the company to vice president, they were transferred around the United States and lived in Cedar Rapids, Minneapolis, Sioux Falls, and Winter Park, Florida. The last few years before Louis retired, they returned to Cedar Rapids.
After Louis retired, they moved to Newell, Iowa, where Louis and Betty took care of Betty’s mother. They actively participated in the Newell community and in their church. After Louis passed away in 1992, Betty continued to live in Newell and remained active in her church. She enjoyed traveling, reading, and writing letters. She and Louis were very generous to many charities, and she continued her generosity after Louis’ death.
In 2009, Betty broke her hip in a fall and had to enter various health care facilities. From July 28, 2011, until she passed away last Tuesday, July 3, 2013, she resided at the Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison.
Her parents, her husband, and her brothers, Allen and Wilbur Borecky, preceded her in death.
She is survived by her brother, Harold, and his wife, Betty, of Falls Church, Virginia; her nephews: Roger Borecky, and his wife, Ursula, and family, of Denison, Iowa, Steven Borecky, and his wife, Mary, and family, also of Denison, Iowa, Roger Scott, and family, of Texas; and her nice, Gloria (Borecky) Ipsen, and family of Schleswig, Iowa; as well as by other relatives and friends.
Visitation: 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service, July 9, 2013, at the First Congregational Church in Newell, Iowa.
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., July 9, 2013, at the First Congregational Church in Newell, Iowa.
Interment: July 9, 2013, at the Newell Cemetery in Newell, Iowa.Copyright © 2013, Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Homes
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