Christine Elizabeth "Betty" Baxter (Mann)
April 27, 1927 — February 7, 2012
Christine Elizabeth (Betty) Baxter, 84, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at home. Funeral Service: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Grace Episcopal Church in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Carl D. Mann and Rev. Curt Moermond. Inurnment will be in the church columbarium. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her sister, Barbara Mann Berdahl of Wheaton, Illinois; two sisters-in-law, Helen Homer of Cross Lanes, West Virginia and Pam Mann of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a sister, Rose Mary Barlow; and three brothers, Thomas, John, and David Mann.
Betty was born April 27, 1927, the daughter of Homer and Christine (Robinson) Mann in Cedar Rapids. On September 2, 1950, she married George Baxter in Iowa City, Iowa. He died December 21, 1993.
Betty was employed in the insurance industry for 45 years. She then served as secretary at Grace Episcopal Church for 8 years, retiring in 1998.
Memorials may be directed to Grace Episcopal Church or St. Luke’s Hospice in memory of Betty Baxter.
Survivors include her sister, Barbara Mann Berdahl of Wheaton, Illinois; two sisters-in-law, Helen Homer of Cross Lanes, West Virginia and Pam Mann of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a sister, Rose Mary Barlow; and three brothers, Thomas, John, and David Mann.
Betty was born April 27, 1927, the daughter of Homer and Christine (Robinson) Mann in Cedar Rapids. On September 2, 1950, she married George Baxter in Iowa City, Iowa. He died December 21, 1993.
Betty was employed in the insurance industry for 45 years. She then served as secretary at Grace Episcopal Church for 8 years, retiring in 1998.
Memorials may be directed to Grace Episcopal Church or St. Luke’s Hospice in memory of Betty Baxter.
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