Betty Dannen 1943 - 2016

DANNEN, OLSBY, MONES

Posted By: Connie Swearingen - volunteer (email)
Date: 4/21/2016 at 21:30:21

Sioux City Journal
15 April 2016

SIOUX CITY | Betty Dannen, 72, of Sioux City passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel, with the Rev. Laurie Van Cura officiating. Visitation with the family will be 9 a.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be given at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Betty was born on May 26, 1943, in Vermillion, S.D., the daughter of Towlow G. and Jeanette (Olsby) Mones. She graduated from Vermillion High School in 1961 and attended the University of South Dakota. Betty worked as an insurance underwriter for Great West Casualty for 25 years before retirement. She was known for riding her yellow moped to and from work.

Betty married Dale Dannen on Nov. 29, 1991, in South Sioux City.

She was a marvelous cook and baker and was very artistic with a flair for decorating. Betty loved all pets and was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and daughter.

Survivors include her husband, Dale; children, Jeff and his wife, Joan Bartels of Sioux City, Kim (Bartels) Vermilyea of Sergeant Bluff, and Brent and his wife, Beth Bartels of Pella, Iowa; stepchildren, Tammy and husband, Scott Wright, Darryl and wife, Judy Dannen, Darren and wife, Susan Dannen, and Terri and husband, Cody Huffins; grandchildren, Kelli (Bartels) and husband, Skyler Reising, Brett Vermilyea, Kate Vermilyea, Bailey Bartels, and Benjamin Bartels; stepgrandchildren, Caleb, Shea, and Dannen Wright, Holly Frates, Lindsay Dannen, Carissa Dannen, and Cullen Huffins; great-grandchildren, Rory and Liv; and a sister, Patricia "P.K." and husband, Roger Holmes of Vermillion.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Memorials may be given in Betty's memory to the Siouxland Humane Society.