Betty Jean Andersen 1927-2012
ANDERSEN CLARK KELLER
Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/23/2012 at 20:42:34
Sioux City Journal
March 30, 2012KINGSLEY, Iowa -- Betty Jean Andersen, 85, of Kingsley died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at a Sioux City hospital.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Kingsley United Methodist Church, followed by lunch at the church. Burial will be in Correctionville Cemetery, Correctionville, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m. and prayer service at 7 p.m., at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley. Condolences may be sent online to www.rohdefh.com.
Betty Jean Andersen was born on March 3, 1927, in Correctionville, to Guy and Dora (Clark) Keller. She graduated from Correctionville High School in 1946.
She married Harley "Whitey" Andersen on Nov. 13, 1947, in Correctionville. In 1949, they bought the Wausa Gazette in Wausa, Neb. They sold it in 1955. In 1956, they bought the Kingsley News-Times and after owning and operating the newspaper for 20 years, they retired in February 1976.
Betty was a member of Kingsley United Methodist Church. She was a member and past Worthy Matron of Garfield Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. She was also co-leader of Campfire Girls when her girls were small. She was also a member of the Red Hat Society in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Betty loved to cook and entertain. She always had a fresh-baked pie, cake or cookies on hand for anyone who stopped by for a chat.
Survivors include her three daughters, Karen and her husband, Tom Bennett of Denver, Colo., Carol and her husband, John Schwartz of Hospers, Iowa, and Susan Steffen of Moville, Iowa; seven grandchildren, Tyler Martinson, Timothy and Rebecca Bennett, Kelly Andersen and Kevin Kirchner, and Cory and Eric Steffen; and three great-grandchildren, Ravyn Andersen and Jaycee and Gavin Kirchner.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Whitey Andersen; her sister, Phyllis Kroeger; and her brother, Donald Keller.
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