BETTE LEE HUNTER-COCKERHAM 1924 to 2010

COCKERHAM, HUNTER, GROSVENOR, KELLEY

Posted By: James Mincks (email)
Date: 8/22/2010 at 12:42:50

Bette Lee Hunter-Cockerham went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday August 4, 2010 at the age of 86.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hamilton's near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th Avenue. Visitation will be held Friday, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Born Bette Lee Grosvenor on June 22, 1924 in Colfax, Iowa to Edward and Bessie (Kelley) Grosvenor, she was the fourth child of five. She grew up on the family farm and attended school in Colfax. She married Donald Hunter in 1940 and had two sons, David and Gary.

She later married Jesse Cockerham and moved to Des Moines where she worked briefly at Woltz Studio as a portrait painter. After Jesse retired they became snowbirds in the valley of Texas.

Bette was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Jesse and her two brothers, Delmar and Paul Grosvenor, and twin sisters, Neala and Nadine Grosvenor.

Bette was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother as well as a friend to all. She is survived by her two sons, David (Mildred) Hunter of Ackworth, Iowa and Gary (Linda) Hunter of Copley, Ohio; eight grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Iowa- Kavanagh House.

taken from the Des Moines Register; Thursday, August 5, 2010; Metro section, page 6B, column 6.