Betty Jane Alexander (1922-2009)

ALEXANDER, PORTER, BERKA, SOPER, BUFFINTON, DUELAND, PEEL, MCCARTER

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 1/31/2009 at 09:39:26

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, January 28, 2009.

Betty Jane Alexander, 86, of Nevada, died peacefully surrounded by family Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Memorial services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at First United Methodist Church of Nevada. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. prior to the memorial service at the church.

Betty was born July 7, 1922, in Marshalltown, the daughter of George and Lotta (Berka) Porter. After losing her mother at age four, she was adopted by Mame and Bernice Soper and raised in Nevada. A lifelong resident of Nevada, her greatest joy was spending time with her husband of 66 years, Wes Alexander, and her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband, Wes, of Nevada; two daughters, Jolene (Virgil) Buffington and Cindi (Dean) Dueland; five grandchildren, Joe Buffington, Andrea (Rodney) Peel, Toby (Heather) McCarter, Brooke Dueland and Teran Dueland; four great-grandchildren, Jackson, Braxton, Jaeger and Teagan; and one brother, Gene Porter.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, George Ronald Porter.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Nevada.

Bacon Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

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