BODE, Betty A. (1921-2004)

BODE, WISOTSKI, HUCKEWITZ, SPENNER, BOYER, COSGRIFF, NORMAN

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Date: 3/10/2016 at 17:27:59

Betty Bode, 82

Betty Bode, 82, of Forest City, died on Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, June 26, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City, with Rev. Lee Laaveg officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery in Britt, with the Petersen Lund Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

Betty A. Bode, was born in Nieder Gorpe, Germany on October 20, 1921, the daughter of Paul and Anna (Wisotski) Huckewitz. She received her education in Nieder Gorpe and then began doing housework for a family in Brandenburg, Germany. She met Henry Bode at a dance in 1937 and they were married on September 12, 1942 in Zahna, Germany. Betty remembers the time during the war as "very bad." She remained home while Henry fought. After his time in a Russian POW camp, he returned home and they began their family life on January 6, 1950. Henry's sister, Marie sponsored their family to come to America and on January 22, 1954, they boarded a ship for the United States. After a long trip, the family settled in Forest City.

Betty worked for several seasons at the Palace of Sweets and then got work as a baker at Waldorf College, where she remained for 15 years. A stroke led to her early retirement in March 1980. Henry retired shortly after in 1982 and the couple enjoyed life together and did some traveling. Henry died on May 19, 1990. Betty remained at home until 1994, when she sold her house and moved to the Town Square Apartments. She entered the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City in October 2002.

Betty is survived by her children and their spouses, Ursula and Wayne Spenner of Rockville, Maryland, Robert and Nancy Bode of North Hampton, New Hampshire, Dennis and Kerri Bode of Orlando, Florida and Monika and Richard Boyer of Muscatine; 10 grandchildren, Melissa and husband, Randy, Scott, Chris and wife, Laura, Melissa, Jamie, Joshua, Adam, Kolton, Kaleb and Kally; three great-grandchildren, Dalton, Brandy and Owen; and two nieces, Christa Cosgriff and Cindy Norman, both of Forest City.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Henry; an infant daughter, Evelyn and ???

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