Betty A. Kluber

BETTY A. KLUBER

Cedar Rapids

Betty A. Kluber, 92, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, at her home. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church. Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery. A vigil service with sharing time will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Teahen Funeral Home, where friends may visit with the family Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. and after 9 a.m. at the church on Friday.

Betty is survived by three daughters, Lydia (Allen) Arp of Palo, Lori (Jo Loonan) Kluber of Cedar Falls and Lynn (Gene) Mealhow of Shellsburg; two sons, Mark (Julie) and Matthew (Dawn) Kluber, both of Cedar Rapids; one brother, Jack (June) Sackett of Cedar Rapids; 14 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Louise Sackett of Emmetsburg; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnest; a brother, Bob Sackett; and her granddaughter, Katie.

Betty was born Sept. 16, 1925, in South Sioux City, the daughter of Casper and Lydia Westerhoff Sackett, and grew up in Van Meter. She married Arnest Kluber on Feb. 4, 1951, in Waukee. Arnie was the love of her life, and passed away after 58 years of marriage in 2009. She was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary Society and St. Margaret Circle, and volunteered for many years at Mercy Medical Center.

Betty's family was her life. She loved to bake kolaches, cook large family dinners and ring bells with the Garnett Place Ding-A-Lings.

Instead of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family.

Online condolences can be left at www.teahenfuneralhome.com.