EMMEL, Betty Wynema (Cahal) 1925-2012

EMMEL, CAHAL, FARLEY, NAUMAN, TIBBITTS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/23/2012 at 00:34:42

Betty Emmel

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CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Betty Emmel, 87, of Charles City, died Tuesday evening, August 21, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City.

Funeral services for Betty Emmel will be held 2 p.m. Friday, August 24, at Trinity United Methodist Church. Pastor Jim Beranek will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery at Charles City.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, and Friday at the church an hour prior to the service.

The Hauser Funeral Home, Charles City, 641-228-2323, is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.hauserfh.com .

[Mason City Globe Gazette online, Thursday, August 23, 2012]

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Betty Emmel

Birth: May 13, 1925
Death: August 21, 2012

Betty Emmel, 87, of Charles City, died Tuesday evening, August 21, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City.

Funeral services for Betty Emmel will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity United Methodist Church. Pastor Jim Beranek will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery at Charles City.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the church an hour prior to the service.

Betty Wynema Cahal Emmel was born May 13, 1925, at Greene, the daughter of William and Clara (Farley) Cahal. She received her education at Charles City. On August 28, 1945, she was united in marriage to Walter Emmel at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They operated Walt and Betty's Hamburger Shop in Charles City.

In 1949 they moved to Phoenix, Arizona, moving back to Charles City in 1960. Over the years she worked at National T Grocery in Charles City, AJ Bailess Grocery in Phoenix, and with the Charles City School food service.

Betty was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, and YMCA. She also volunteered for several years for Foster Grandparents. Her interests included playing cards, shopping and reading the newspaper. Betty always looked forward to spending time with her family and going on trips with them.

Living family members include two children, Patti (Dave) Tibbitts and Karl Emmel both of Charles City; and three grandchildren, Nathaniel King, Lydia King and Callista King.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a brother, William Cahal; and a sister, Lucille Nauman.

[Hauser Funeral Home website obituary, 8/23/2012]

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