Betty Lee Carr (1929-2008)
CARR, GEORGE, JOYNER, NEWSOM, MCGINTY
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 1/23/2008 at 07:30:56
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, January 22, 2008.
Betty Carr, 78, longtime Ames resident, died Monday, Jan. 21, at Israel Family Hospice House.
Arrangements are pending at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care.
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, January 23, 2008.
Oct. 25, 1929-Jan 21, 2008
Betty Lee Carr, 78, a longtime Ames resident, died Monday, Jan. 21, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. A gathering of friends will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care in Ames. A memorial service will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care.
Betty Lee Carr was born Oct. 25, 1929, in Crocker, Mo., the daughter of Charles Everette and Anna Edith (Joyner) George. She graduated from high school in California before moving to Ames in 1952. She married Richard (Dick) Carr May 14, 1955, in Ames. She was employed for 17 years at 3M in Ames before she retired.
She enjoyed golfing and collecting dogs and bears and several other trinkets. She also enjoyed her family. Dick and Betty played golf for several years in the Monday and Friday night couple league at Oaks Golf Course.
She is survived by her husband, Dick Carr, of Ames; one daughter, Crys (Paul) Newsom, of Florissant, Mo.; one son, Mike (Tammy) Carr, of Ames; eight grandchildren, Tricia, Chad, Matt, Jenna, Emily, Melanie, Adam and Ariel; two great-grandchildren, Averi and Preston; three brothers, Paul George, of Anaheim, Calif., Bill George, of Nevada, and Charles George, of Crocker Mo.; and one sister, Nellie McGinty, of Melbourne, Fla.
She was preceded in death by her parents and nine siblings.
In lieu of flowers, memorials maybe directed to Mary Greeley Foundation, Israel Family Hospice House or American Lung Association.
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