Betty Lorraine Weiland 1929 - 2017

WEILAND, SMITH

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/19/2017 at 04:53:30

Sioux City Journal
23 May 2017

Betty Lorraine Weiland, 87, of Sioux City, died Sunday, May 21, 2017, surrounded by her family and loving staff, at Whispering Creek Senior Living.

Private services will be held Wednesday at Cathedral of the Epiphany. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Public visitation with the family will be 5 to 8 p.m. today, with a rosary at 5 p.m. and a vigil service at 7 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel. Online condolences may be expressed at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Betty was born on July 20, 1929, in Omaha, to Emory and Helen Smith. Upon graduating high school, she worked at J.C. Penney’s as a model, where she met her future husband Ernie Weiland.

They married on Aug. 30, 1948. They spent most of their life together in Sioux City, where they raised two sons, John "Jack" and Jeff Weiland. She worked for several years in a pharmacy and eventually turned her love for antiquing into a full-time business that she and Ernie enjoyed together.

Always quick to laugh and never afraid to speak her mind, she was a proud mother whose life was focused around those she loved. She enjoyed dancing and was an avid gardener and painter, but her greatest love was spending time with her family and doting over her 15 great-grandkids. Her deep love to her family was a gift that will transcend through the generations of Weilands to come. She will forever be admired for her ability to overcome life's obstacles with her unwavering strength, mental toughness and never give up attitude. Always one to set the example, she maintained her resilience to her last day.

She is survived by her son, Jeff and Peggy Weiland of Sioux City; daughter-in-law, Adele Weiland of Sioux City; and grandchildren, Brett (Christa) Weiland of Colorado Springs, Colo., Stephanie (Seth) Schramm of Sioux City, Barry (Kristi) Weiland of Sioux Falls, S.D., Jason (Haley) Weiland of Des Moines, Lisa (Adam) Bernard of Jefferson, S.D., and Heath (Jenna) Weiland of Des Moines.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernie after 62 years of marriage; son, John "Jack" Weiland; and both parents.