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Rice, Betty Jane (Hazewinkel)
Betty Jane (Hazewinkel) Rice, 88, of Marion, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Marion, by the Rev. Greg Williamson, with military honors. The family will greet friends from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the church before the service. Private family burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion.
Survivors include her son, Richard (Mey) Rice of Lake City, Fla.; her daughters, Janet (Ken) Ramstad of Marion and Carol (Gary) Kappel of Pella; her grandchildren, James Rice, Nancy (Joe) Norris, Susan Rice, Lisa (Chris) Kistler, Amy Kappel, Rebecca Samuelson, Christopher (Mollie) Ramstad and Jacqueline Ramstad; seven great-grandchildren, Leighla, Payton, Lucy, Betsy, Henry, Claire and Lucas; siblings, Herbert Hazewinkel of Marion, Darlene (William) Robinson of Marion and June (Tom) Stephens of Trinidad, Colo.; and sister-in-law, Nadine Hazewinkel of Marion.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brothers, Joel and Harry Hazewinkel; and sisters-in-law, Lorna and Doris Hazewinkel.
Betty was born March 31, 1924, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Henry J. and Marie S. (Kray) Hazewinkel. She graduated from Dubuque Senior High School in 1943. Betty was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served as a WAVE during World War II from 1945 to 1946. She married Norman B. Rice on Nov. 19, 1950, in Cedar Rapids. Norman died in 1998.
Betty was a member of American Legion Post 294 of Marion, NARFE, and St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Marion.
Betty enjoyed knitting and making baby quilts. She took the LIFTS bus to the Rockwell Collins Rec Center three times a week.
Betty was a devoted mother and grandmother who was proud to have lived independently for so many years in the house that her father and husband had built.
A memorial fund has been established in Betty's memory.
Please sign the online guest book for Betty at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Published Jan. 21, 2013 in The Gazette
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