Betty Mae Hall

Betty Hall MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Betty Mae Gravert Hall, 88, of Muscatine, passed away Monday, April 14, 2014, at Lutheran Homes in Muscatine. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Grace Lutheran Church, 2107 Cedar Street, Muscatine. The Reverends Gary MacManus and Donald Sondrol will officiate. Casket bearers are Robert Neipert, Kerry Neipert, Randy Neipert, Jeff Jones, Steven Edwards, Greg Larson, and Scott Pace. Honorary bearers are Lucas Hall, Bryan Little Jr., Justin Opfer and Gabe McDonald. Burial will be in Muscatine Memorial Park. Following the interment a time of food and fellowship will be held at the church. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services. A memorial fund has been established at the funeral home for the Grace Lutheran Church, Iowa City Hospice or charity of your choice in her name. Betty was born on May 31, 1925, on Heinz's Brown Farm in Sweetland Township, the daughter of Emil O. and Pauline L. Mackin Gravert. On June 8, 1946, Betty was united in marriage to Harold D. Hall at Grace Lutheran Church where she was also baptized...[more]

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onfirmed, and a lifelong member. She graduated from Muscatine High School in 1943 and until recently met with her classmates at monthly luncheons. Betty worked for H.J. Heinz in the Muscatine Warehouse as a Shipping Clerk and retired after 33 years of service. Betty loved her family and friends and was known as a kind, caring and happy person. She enjoyed camping at Pulpit Rock Campground in Decorah, Iowa and traveling with friends to Rio Hondo, Texas where she and Harold spent 18 winters. Her Christmas sugar cookies were legendary, she excelled at cake decorating, and she was an outstanding seamstress who designed and made her daughter's wedding dress. Betty also enjoyed making counted cross stitch artwork and ceramic pieces for her family. She found great joy in nature, caring for the birds, bunnies and squirrels that flocked to her yard. Betty will be deeply missed by her daughter, Judy K. Maxwell and husband, Douglas; and son, Jack E. Hall and wife, Tami, all of Muscatine; five grandchildren, Amanda Laske of Muscatine, Brandi Little and husband, Bryan Jr., of Fort Dix, New Jersey, Lisa Opfer and husband, Justin, of Urbandale, Lucas Hall and Angie Byrd of Muscatine, Natalie Maxwell-McDonald and husband, Gabe, of Muscatine; seven great-grandchildren who affectionately called her "GG": Madeline, Brendyn and Isabel Little; Mya and Slade Opfer; Corwin McDonald and Dallas Vasquez; and by her sister, Donna Neipert Martin. Betty was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Herman Gravert; her sister, Helen Lemkau; and her husband, Harold in 2004.