Betty Beal Palmer Rust (1912-2008)

RUST, PALMER, TWISS, BEAL, WALSH, SCHULTZ

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 3/13/2008 at 10:56:13

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, March 12, 2008.

Oct. 12, 1912-March 9, 2008

Betty Beal Palmer Rust, 95, died Sunday, March 9, in Nevada. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 14, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Webb. Interment will be in Garfield Cemetery in Webb.

Betty Beal Palmer Rust was born Oct. 12, 1912, in Delhi, the daughter of Charles Henry Palmer and Elizabeth Beal Twiss. She spent her early years in Concord, N.H., before moving back to Iowa. Following graduation from Delhi High School, she attended Grinnell College and graduated in 1935 with a degree in music. Betty taught music in Webb, Garfield, Gillett Grove and Spencer.

On June 17, 1939, Betty married Noel Douglas Rust in Delhi. Noel and Betty celebrated their 60th anniversary together in 1999. They lived in Spencer for two years until they moved to the Webb area where they farmed for many years. Betty was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Eastern Star, and the Women's Harmony Study Club. She taught piano lessons in her home for many children, enjoyed singing in the choir, and sang solos as she had a lovely voice. Betty enjoyed golf, bridge and traveling in Europe and the United States, having traveled to all 50 states. She also enjoyed reading, picnics and spending time with her family and friends. Betty spent the last eight years in Ames.

Left to cherish her memory are three sons, Kim Rust, of Denver, Colo., Robert and Linda Rust, of Webb, and Phillip and Dorothy Rust, of Ames; family members, Vernon Walsh, of Minnesota, Donna Schultz, of Colorado; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Noel D. Rust.

Warner Funeral Home of Spencer is handling arrangements.

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