Anna Elizabeth Carlson Geiger (1918-2008)

GEIGER, CARLSON, STEWART, WILSON, THIESEN, THATCHER, GIRVAN, RYSTROM

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 2/17/2008 at 08:10:53

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Sunday, February 17, 2008.

March 29, 1918-Feb. 15, 2008

Betty Geiger (Anna Elizabeth Carlson Geiger), 89, of Ames, passed away Feb. 15, at Northcrest Health Care Center.

Betty was born on March 29, 1918, to Gus and Bessie (Stewart) Carlson in a Benton county farmhouse near Vinton. She married Harlan Geiger on Nov. 8, 1936, in Vinton. Ames had been their home since 1945. She attended Iowa State University and was a member of Collegiate Methodist Church, Faculty Women's Club, Home Ec Division and Heritage Division.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Harlan (2000); daughter, JoAnn Wilson (1983); and brother, George (Bud) Carlson. She will be missed by her son, Don Geiger, and his wife Mary, of West Des Moines; daughters, Carolyn Thiesen, and husband, Tom, of Olympia, Wash., and Nancy Geiger, of Cedar Rapids; grandchildren, Scott Geiger, of Minneapolis, Kyle Geiger, of West Des Moines, Dominique Geiger and Darnell Geiger, of Cedar Rapids, Jeff Thiesen, of Bellevue, Wash., Julie Thiesen, of Denver, Colo., Greg, Regan and Stephanie Thatcher, of Canada, Rob Girvan, of Dallas, Kathy Girvan, of San Jose, Calif., Dan Girvan, of Minneapolis, and Steve Girvan, of Omaha; numerous great-grandchildren; sister, Ginger Rystrom, of Cedar Rapids; former daughter-in-law, Connie Geiger, of West Des Moines; and a host of family and friends.

A celebration of her life will be held on her 90th birthday from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at Northcrest Care Center. In honor of Betty, please pass on her kindnesses to friends and strangers. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Youth and Shelter services of Ames, Israel Family Hospice House or Northcrest Foundation.

Adams Funeral Home entrusted with the arrangements.

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