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Elizabeth 'Beth' (Klopping) Hutton
ELIZABETH "BETH" ANN
(KLOPPING) HUTTON
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth "Beth" Ann (Klopping) Hutton passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2018, at Higley Mansion Care Center, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 6, 2018, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Service: 11 a.m. Saturday, July 7, 2018, at Good News Baptist Church, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Robert Pleiness. Inurnment: Center Friends Cemetery, Newton, Iowa.
Beth worked as a housekeeper for 22 years at Mercy Hospital. After retirement, Beth enjoyed traveling to visit family and new places. Her trip to Alaska was the trip of a lifetime. Beth spent over 20 years after retirement volunteering at Olivet Neighborhood Mission.
Beth leaves behind two sisters, Ruth (Bobby) Lewis of Topeka, Kan., and Carmen Klopping of Topeka, Kan.; three brothers, Loren Paul (Theresa) Klopping of Panama, Dean Klopping of Fresno, Calif., and Richard Klopping of Cedar Rapids; six children, Lawrence Bettmeng of St. Claire, Mo., Ronald (Sherri) Bettmeng of Cedar Rapids, JoAnn (Micheal) Schneekloth of Bennett, Iowa, Marilyn Bettmeng of Cedar Rapids, Billy (June) Underwood of Columbus, Ohio, and Beverly (Harvey Weiss) Underwood of Vinton, Iowa; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
A memorial fund has been established for Olivet Neighborhood Mission.
Please sign the online guestbook for Beth at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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