Memorial
Betty Anderson of Cedar Rapids died hours before her 91st birthday on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Interment will follow at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00 until 7:00 PM Tuesday at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.
The family requests that memorial donations in Betty’s name be directed to the Madge Phillips Center-Waypoint or the Wounded Warriors Project, rather than sending flowers.
Betty was born May 9, 1923 in Garrison, Iowa to Charles Delos and Bertha Sarah (Primmer) Dixon. She graduated from high school in Vinton. On July 13, 1941, she was united in marriage to Ernest J.D. “Jake” Anderson in Alexandria, Louisiana. She was a homemaker for most of her life.
Betty was a member of New Disciples Church, formerly First Christian Church. She was also a member of the Red Hat Society and the Red Cardinals. She was a very talented seamstress, and took great joy in sewing clothing from shirts to wedding gowns, and quilting.
Her pleasures in life included sharing stories of her granddaughter and great-grandchildren’s adventures and antics. Grandma Betty and granddaughter Ely shared a special bond that will always remain. She found joy in tending to her vegetable garden, where her tomato plants were often bigger than her!
She loved the little things that life had to offer; from hugs and hellos to smiles and songs. Betty was a simple woman who asked for little and generously gave to family, friends, and strangers. She will be deeply missed.
Her surviving family includes her son Ivan Anderson (Debra) of Ryan, Iowa; granddaughter Ely Whitaker (Stephan) of Cleveland, Ohio; four great-grandchildren: Anderson, Magdalene, and twins Bennet, and Vey Whitaker; sister LaVerne Abernathy of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents; husband Jake in 2001; sister “Pokey” Hoeck; and brothers Clifford and Jesse Dixon.