JORDAN, Betty Jane (Bartz) 1933-2010

JORDAN, BARTZ, BORK

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/30/2010 at 17:50:49

GRAFTON, IOWA - Betty Jane Jordan, 76, of Grafton, died on Sunday, March 28, 2010, at Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton, with the Rev. Rose Marie Nack, officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, St. Ansgar. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Tuesday, at the Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar.

Betty Jane (Bartz) Jordan was born on Dec. 1, 1933, in Worth County, to Harvey and Malinda (Bork) Bartz. She was baptized on Dec. 25, 1933, and confirmed on April 25, 1948, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton. She graduated from Grafton High School on May 15, 1952.

On Feb. 3, 1952, Betty was united in marriage to Edwin Jordan at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton. To this union two children were born. Betty worked at Carroll George in Northwood, at the Bel-Air Drive-in, the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, and for Dr. Russell Hickman Chiropractic. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Karen Bartz; brother-in-law, Elmer Schultz, and brother-in-law, Alfred Jordan.

Betty is survived by her husband, Edwin, of Grafton; daughter, Linda (Kenneth) Kroneman, of Osage; son, Larry "Al" (Linda) Jordan, of Austin, Texas; grandchildren Renae Kroneman, of Ames; Travis Kroneman, of Osage; Jessica Jordan of San Antonio, Texas; Tresa (Kirk) Sehlmeyer of Westerville,Ohio; and Amber (Nicholas) Popovic of Leander, Texas; three sisters, Bonnie (Virl) Deal, of Grafton; Sharon (Allen) Anderson, of Northwood, and Judy (Dr. Russell) Hickman of Mason City; one brother, Richard (Jeannette) Bartz of EauGalle, Wisconsin; and 13 nieces and nephews.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, 641-713-4920.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, March 30, 2010]

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