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Betty Gene (Harris) Kurth
BETTY GENE (HARRIS) KURTH
Athens, Ala.
Betty Gene (Harris) Kurth, 87, of Athens, Ala., formerly of Lisbon, Iowa, passed away on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, from complications of congestive heart failure. Visitation: 5 to
7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Mount Vernon. Iowa. Funeral services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Mount Vernon, by the Rev. Sean Hansen. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsville, Iowa.
Betty was born Aug. 2, 1934, in Linn County, the daughter of Louis and Hazal (Brown) Harris. She married Glenn W. Kurth in Mechanicsville, on Oct. 13, 1956. They remained in the Mechanicsville area farming for 50 years. They raised four children: Debra, Roger, Diana and Ronald. Betty was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and was past president of the American Legion Auxiliary.
She is survived by her daughters, Debra Kurth and Diana (David) Pierce, all of Athens, Ala.; son, Ronald (Pinky) Kurth of Yokohama, Japan; sister, Waneta Kurth of Loveland, Colo.; three grandchildren, Vincent (Kristen) Pierce of Athens, Ala., Heather Hann of Killen, Ala., and Zachary O'Connor of St. Petersburg, Fla.; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Hazal; husband, Glenn; son, Roger Kurth; brother, Dale Harris; and sisters, Naoma Meeks and Bonnie Hopkins.
Please share you support and memories with Betty's family on her Tribute Wall at www.stewartbaxter.com under obituaries.
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