Gronemeyer, Betty1928-2013
GRONEMEYER, LISTON, JAGER
Posted By: Mary Lou Verburg Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/10/2014 at 17:54:54
Born: June 20 1928 Union County, South Dakota
Died: April 23, 2013 Spirit Lake, IowaBetty Gronemeyer, age 84, of Arnolds Park, Iowa died April 25, 2013, at the Lakes Regional Hospital in Spirit Lake after a courageous battle with colon cancer.
Memorial services will be held Friday, May 3, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Burial will be in the Cherokee Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Betty was born on the family farm in Union County, S.D. on June 20, 1928, the daughter of Orlen and Tena (Jager) Liston. They moved to Hawarden, where she attended Hawarden schools. She worked aat Central Café in Hawarden until her marriage to Lloyd Gronemeyer on March 20, 1947. They moved to Cherokee, where they lived until 1984 when they moved to their home in Arnolds Park, Iowa.
In Cherokee, she worked at J.C. Penney for many years. After moving to Arnolds Park, she was employed at Pamida.
Betty is survived by son, Larry (Karen) Gronemeyer, of Fort Dodge, and daughter Jacque (Jim) Lambert of Jackson, NE; six grandchildren; one step-granddaughter; 15 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Myra Heuer and Neva Busch, both of Rock Valley, Darlene Rummel of Sioux City and Cindy McKee of Hawarden; and two brothers, Norman Liston of St. Paul, MN and Dick Liston of Hawarden.
She was preceded in death by her husband; nine brothers, Lee, Lloyd, Daryl, Howard, Wesley, Duane, Lawrence, James, and Roger Liston; and one sister, Vivian Finch.
Source: Hawarden Independent May 2, 2013
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