Betty Theone (Boller) Lehman (1919-2013)

LEHMAN, BOLLER, ALLEN, PAAPE, FARREN, KAPLAN, MORGAN, BUSH, NELSON, FLEMING, APPELGATE, TERRELL, MAURER

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 7/5/2013 at 21:32:14

From Chet Ryan Mortuary obituary, Nevada, Story County, Iowa:

Betty Theone Lehman
May 12, 1919 - April 9, 2013

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013, Betty Theone (Boller) Lehman peacefully left this earth to join her heavenly father. Betty, "The One" as her husband lovingly called her, was born on May 12, 1919, at home in Nevada, Iowa. She was the youngest of 10 children born to A.W.R. (Dick) and Florence (Allen) Boller. She attended school in Nevada and graduated in 1937. As a young woman, Betty worked at Ambrose's clothing store, the Circle movie theater and the Electric Company. On May 29, 1943, Betty married Ralph L. Lehman of Colo, Iowa. They were married for 63 years until his death. They traveled to South Dakota to be married by Betty's brother-in-law at his church. They began their married life farming the Lehman family farm in Rhodes, Iowa, where Betty, the Nevada city girl, became a true farmwife. In 1944, Ralph joined the Army and while he was deployed to Japan, Betty lived and worked in San Francisco. After his discharge the young couple continued to farm near Collins, Iowa, where their three children Janie, Jim and Julie were born. Betty worked at the ASCS office in Nevada and later was the office manager for Iowa Corn By-Products, a locally owned company in Colo. In 1981 Betty and Ralph retired from active farming and moved to Nevada where they lived until Ralph's death on October 12, 2007. Betty lived with her daughter Julie in Colo for 1 ½ years before moving to Story City and finally Mason City in 2010.

Betty's life was filled with music and family. She sang at church as a two year-old and continued to sing in groups throughout her adult life. Betty was the glue that led her family with quiet grace. Dogs, kittens, birds and flowers were things she loved around her. She was a longtime member of the Order of the Eastern Star, P.E.O. NE Chapter, Kenningston Club and the Bid-and-Bye bridge club. She was a kind, quiet, quick witted woman whose gentle touch and demeanor will forever be cherished by her family.

Betty always had a smile on her face. Her caregivers, during her final years, loved this tiny "natural" red-head. She never spoke an unkind or harsh word and the example she set for her family is admired and lovingly remembered.

Betty is survived by daughter Janie (Jim) Paape of Mason City; son Jim (Dian) Lehman of Peru, IN; daughter Julie (Mark) Farren of Colo; eleven grandchildren Mara (Tim) Kaplan of Cottage Grove, MN, Tyson Paape of Minneapolis, MN, Nick (Sara) Paape of Omaha, NE, Stephanie (Matthew) Morgan of Boise, ID, Ian Lehman of Cincinnati, OH, Ashley (Brandon) Bush of Carmel, IN, Kira (Rob) Nelson of Roland, Kylee (Brad) Fleming of Independence, IA, Taylor Farren of Colo and fiancé Kaleb Appelgate of Marshalltown IA, Madison Farren, McKenna Farren of Colo; twelve great-grandchildren Wesley, Maislin, Peyton, Jack, Max, Farren, Braiden, Wayne, Kipling, Cade, Weston and Boden.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph, her parents, three brothers Allen, Max and Jack Boller, six sisters Grace Steward, Gladys Kiburz, Phyllis Forbes, Loretta Boller, June Terrell and Lorella Maurer.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 13 at Chet Ryan Mortuary, 708 Fifth Street in Nevada with Pastor Jarrod Bartholomew officiating. Burial will follow in the Nevada Municipal Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 12 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. again at the Mortuary.

A memorial fund has been established in loving memory of Betty.

Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada has been entrusted with the care of Betty and her family.

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