116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Obituaries
The Gazette publishes obituaries on a daily basis. Use the search field above to search for obituaries by name or keyword. Readers can submit an obituary or submit a milestone to The Gazette. The obituary must be submitted before 1 p.m. for publication on thegazette.com at 6 p.m. and in the daily edition the next day, with the exception of obituaries for Sunday publication, which must be submitted by 1 p.m. on Fridays.
Betty Woolfolk
BETTY LOUISE WOOLFOLK
Cedar Rapids
Betty Louise Woolfolk, 69, of Inverness, Calif., died June 28, 2016, from complications of colon cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date in Inverness.
Betty was born June 5, 1947. She graduated from Washington High School, Cedar Rapids, in 1965. She received a B.A. from the University of Iowa and an M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Betty moved to northern California in the early 1970s and lived there the rest of her life. She was an active artist and a member of Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, Calif. Betty was the executive director of Gallery Route One for the last 10 years.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Mary and Louis Woolfolk.
She is survived by her husband, Nick Corcoran of Inverness; and her brother, Bruce Woolfolk of Cedar Rapids.
Special thanks goes to Betty's many friends and her husband, Nick Corcoran, for their heartfelt support during Betty's last days.
Daily Newsletters