Betty Lou Humphrey, 20 Oct 1929 - 10 Jan 2017

HUMPHREY, COX, VOSS, BROWNLEE, AUMAN, MOORE, PARKER, SCHLADETZKY

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 2/28/2017 at 13:51:07

Celebration of life service for Betty L. Humphrey, 87, North English, was held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at the Powell Funeral Home, North English. Shed died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City.

Pastor Edwin Jordan officiated at the service.

Burial was in the North English Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the English Valley Care Center.

Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Betty Lou Humphrey was born Oct. 20, 1929, in North English, the daughter of Clifford and Mildred (Voss) Cox. She graduated from North English High School in 1947.

She married Robert Gene Humphrey May 28, 1947, at the Methodist parsonage in Ladora. The couple made their home in Louisiana and Texas before returning to Cedar Rapids to raise their family. After Bob’s retirement they moved to Arizona and returned to North English in 2005.

In November of 2014 she became a resident of the English Valley Care Center. She was a member of the North English Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women and the VFW Auxillary. She enjoyed reading, needlework, crafting and crossword puzzles.

The family wishes to thank the staff at the English Valley Care Center, Mercy Hospital and Iowa City Hospice for the wonderful care that Betty received.

Humphrey is survived by her daughters Sue (Tom) Brownlee, West Des Moines, and Martha (Rick) Auman, Land O Lakes Fla., and five grandchildren, Matthew Auman, Mallory (Jake) Moore, Phillip, Parker and Wendy Brownlee.

She was preceded by her husband; her parents; two brothers, Clifford “Ted” and William “Bill” Cox; and a sister, Shirlee Schladetzky.

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