DeSotel, Betty M. Dauber

Betty M. Dauber DeSotel, 88, of Marion, died at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids from complications of a stroke on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel, 1221 First Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Carroll Brown. Interment: Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. A visitation will be held on Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. and after 9 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Survivors include her children: a daughter, Shirley (Arthur) Elliott of Hiawatha; and a son of Iowa City; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Kenneth Dauber and Harold DeSotel; three sons and two sisters.

Betty was born Dec. 20, 1924, in Big Rock, Iowa, to Ernest and Ruth Kirstein. She married Kenneth Dauber and later divorced. She then married Harold DeSotel in Cedar Rapids. He died in 1986. She was employed by Rockwell Collins for over 20 years, retiring in 1983. Betty was an avid bowler. She was a member of Kenwood Park United Methodist Church and All Church Singles.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

Online condolences may be sent to www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.

Published March 29, 2013 in The Gazette