Betty Jean Burns 1929 - 2018

BURNS, HECKINLIVELY, LEVIN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/20/2018 at 22:46:50

Sioux City Journal
19 April 2018

Washta, Iowa

Betty J. Burns, 88, of Washta, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018, at Correctionville Specialty Care in Correctionville, Iowa.

Services will be 2:30 p.m. today at Grace United Methodist Church in Correctionville, with the Rev. Ron Rice officiating. Burial will be in Correctionville Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 p.m. until service time today at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home in Correctionville. Online condolences can be made at nicklasdjensenfh.com.

Betty Jean Burns was born on Dec. 20, 1929, to Lester Arnold and Esther Dorothy (Heckinlively) Levin, in Correctionville. She was raised and attended school in Correctionville.

Betty was united in marriage to H. Duane Burns on March 27, 1947. To this union six children were born. They raised their family in rural Correctionville and rural Washta until 1988, when they moved into Correctionville after retiring from farming. Duane and Betty lived in Washta from the late 1990s until 2015 when she moved to the nursing home.

Betty's grandchildren were everything to her and she was extremely proud of them. She loved gardening, raising chickens and helping on their farm. Betty enjoyed bowling, dancing, playing cards and gambling on occasion. She treasured the many hours in the company of her mother and her sister, Annie.

She is survived by her husband, Harold "Duane" Burns of Washta; three daughters, Linda Johnson of Sioux City, Vickie (Scott) Eatinger of Sioux City, and Suzann (Joseph) Griep of Stockton, Calif.; one son, Keith (Mary) Burns of Sioux City; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Lester (Janet) Levin and Arnold Levin; a sister, Janet Brown; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Robert and Dickie Burns; a grandson, Ryan Griep; two great-grandsons; sister, Annie Smith; sister-in-law, Janice (Brown) Levin; and brother-in-law, Gary Brown.