Betty Smith

MONTICELLO, IOWA Betty L. Smith, 93, of Monticello and formerly of Onslow died Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, at the Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello where a parish vigil service will be held at 4:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thurs., Oct. 22, 2015, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Monticello where friends may gather and view Betty after 9:30 a.m. Rev. Paul Baldwin will officiate and burial will be at St. Peter Temple Hill Cemetery. Betty was born July 21, 1922, in Center Junction the daughter of Clifford and Louise (Bottomstone) McDonald. She graduated from Center Junction High School with the Class of 1939. She married Emmett “Smitty” Smith on April 8, 1942, at Sacred Heart Church in Monticello. Betty was a homemaker for over twenty years, and began cooking with her sister, Jeanne, at the Onslow school lunch program and served many of her own children and grandchildren. She was an avid Cubs and Bulls fan, still rooting for the Cubs as they play their way toward the World Series. She is survived by 7 children: Linda Fairley of Wyoming, James (Joyce) of Knoxville, Marcia Huston of Monticello, Thomas (Carol) of Green Bay, WI, Greg (Jeri) of Iowa City, Theresa (Rick) Westhoff of Monticello, and Lori (Tony) Preuninger of Polk City; 19 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren; a sister, Shirley Schoon of Anamosa, and two brothers, Jack McDonald of Greene and Cecil Perkins of Marion. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1996, a grandson, Bryan VanDorn, 2 sons-in-law: Gary Fairley and Richard Huston; siblings: Glenn, Wanda, Esther, Jeanne, Dean and Raymond. Memorials are preferred to the Alzheimer’s Association, St. Peter Catholic Church in Temple Hill or Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Monticello. We would like to thank the staff at Pennington Square and the doctors and staff at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids for caring for our mother with such compassion. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.