Betty J. Delaney
September 26, 1920 — December 23, 2016
Betty Miller Delaney, 96, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, December 23, 2016, in the Hiawatha Care Center, Hiawatha, Iowa. Visitation: 4 – 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2016, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Funeral Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at the funeral home with visitation one hour prior. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include two brothers, Jack and Richard Abshire.
She was preceded in death by her parents; Leslie and Goldie Abshire; her brothers, William and Jack Abshire; her sister, Jean Ann Halverson; both husbands, William H. Miller and Elmer Delaney; and her son; Robert Miller.
Betty was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Mishawaka, Indiana, the daughter of Leslie and Goldie (Howard) Abshire. She was married to William H. Miller from 1942 to 1962, with five children; Linda Folkedahl, Steve, Robert, David, and Leslie Bates. Betty was married to Elmer Delaney from 1965 to 2000, gaining four children from his first marriage; Tom, Ron, Gail, and Deb.
Betty was a mother of five, step-mother of four, grandmother of eighteen, great-grandmother of thirty-one, and a great-great-grandmother to one. Her work included: factory, Christian Book Store, City Hall as a secretary, and the Van Buren Elementary Library. She believed in the Lord. Betty cared about people and their relationship with the Lord. She wanted everyone to accept the Lord and Betty practiced what she believed. She was a woman of great Spirit who recently joined Stonebridge Church in Cedar Rapids. Betty was still rocking babies to sleep when she was in her nineties.
Memorial donations may be sent to: Stonebridge Church, 1829 Stoney Point Rd. SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404.
Survivors include two brothers, Jack and Richard Abshire.
She was preceded in death by her parents; Leslie and Goldie Abshire; her brothers, William and Jack Abshire; her sister, Jean Ann Halverson; both husbands, William H. Miller and Elmer Delaney; and her son; Robert Miller.
Betty was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Mishawaka, Indiana, the daughter of Leslie and Goldie (Howard) Abshire. She was married to William H. Miller from 1942 to 1962, with five children; Linda Folkedahl, Steve, Robert, David, and Leslie Bates. Betty was married to Elmer Delaney from 1965 to 2000, gaining four children from his first marriage; Tom, Ron, Gail, and Deb.
Betty was a mother of five, step-mother of four, grandmother of eighteen, great-grandmother of thirty-one, and a great-great-grandmother to one. Her work included: factory, Christian Book Store, City Hall as a secretary, and the Van Buren Elementary Library. She believed in the Lord. Betty cared about people and their relationship with the Lord. She wanted everyone to accept the Lord and Betty practiced what she believed. She was a woman of great Spirit who recently joined Stonebridge Church in Cedar Rapids. Betty was still rocking babies to sleep when she was in her nineties.
Memorial donations may be sent to: Stonebridge Church, 1829 Stoney Point Rd. SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404.
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