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Grieme, Betty J. (1926-2014)

GRIEME, JENNETT, CONKLIN, BALES, REEL, MALOY, SANDERS, HICKS, TITUS

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/10/2014 at 12:29:10

Betty J. Grieme
Sep 15, 1926 - Nov 6, 2014

Alta, Iowa

Betty J. Grieme, age 88, of Alta, passed away on Thursday, November 06, 2014, at her Alta residence.

Betty J. Grieme was born on September 15, 1926, to Willard and Nellie (Conklin) Jennett in Sac City, Iowa. She lived in Sac City until the 5th grade when her family moved to Vestal Street in Storm Lake, Iowa, where she continued to live until she married. In 1944, she graduated from Storm Lake High School.

Betty married Donald Grieme on February 3, 1946. She enjoyed staying home to raise their four children. After the children were grown, she worked for the Alta Advertiser as well as at Montgomery Ward.

A 4-H leader, Betty, also, taught Sunday school at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. She enjoyed counting cross-stitch, and she gave her family many special keepsakes that she had made. In addition, she enjoyed reading, baking, watching the birds and squirrels at her feeder, and cutting quilt blocks for the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML). She, especially, enjoyed watching her grandchildren participate in their music and sporting events.

She is preceded in death by her parents; Donald, her husband of 68 years; three brothers and two sisters.

Betty is survived by her children, Susan Bales (George), of Topeka, Kansas, Barbara Reel (Russell), of Des Moines, Iowa, Larry Grieme (Sue), of Alta, Iowa, and Paul Grieme (Lisa Goodman), of Alta, Iowa; her grandchildren, Angie Maloy (Dan), Sara Grieme, Laurie Sanders (Nate), Johanna Hicks (Doug), Kelly Grieme (Luke Drefke), and Emily Grieme (Tyler Sliefert); her great-grandchildren, Nate Titus and Caroline Sanders; and her sister-in-law, Leah Jennett, of California; as well as by four nephews and one niece.

Visitation: Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home, Alta, Iowa, Sunday, November 9, 2014, 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Funeral: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Alta, Iowa, Monday, November 10, 2014, at 10:30 a.m.
Burial: Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery, Storm Lake, Iowa, Monday, November 10, 2014.

Copyright © 2014, Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Homes


 

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