tion so they could retire. Well, that didn't happen! You could never keep Betty still for long, so she worked part-time at the cafe to keep her busy. When the cafe closed in 2002 she worked as a baker for a son and daughter that had Eaton's Cafeteria in Belmond for a year. Ray and Betty had 6 children, Ron (Deb) Meyer of Osceola, Rhonda (Carl) Noelck of Hampton, Shelley (Dale) Dodd of Hampton, Sam (Vicki) Meyer of Belmond, Raynard (Sandee) Meyer of Spencer and Sandy Perez of Hampton. She had 16 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren, sister Margaret Smoot of Allison, brother Richard Lursen of Allison and sister in law Mildred Kloetzer of Bradford. She is preceded in death in by her parents Oak and Hattie Lursen, sister Grace Siems, brother-in-law Sweer Siems, brother Fred (Bob) Lursen, sister-in-law Grace Lursen, brother-in-law Linus Smoot, sister-in-law Ruth Ammerman, brother-in-law Jake Ammerman, and brother-in-law Bob Kloetzer. Burial will take place at the Hampton Cemetery