Betty E. Pieper went home to be with the Lord on May 30, 2018 at the Simpson Health Center.

Funeral services honoring her life will take place at 11:00 Monday, June 4 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the church. Rev. Nicholas Thackery will officiate. Burial will follow at North Lawn Cemetery.

Betty Elner Reimers was born on October 18, 1925 to Arthur and Thelma (Lindsey) Reimers in rural Woolstock, Iowa. She moved to the Vincent area at an early age and attended school in Colfax Township. She graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1944. Upon graduation, she was employed as a secretary at Tobin Packing Co.
She married Curtis A. Pieper on June 3, 1945 while he was serving in the military at Scott Field Air Base in Belleville, Illinois. Betty was employed at Scott Field as a typist. After Curtis received honorable discharge from the service they resided in Fort Dodge. She then worked for 20 years at the George A. Hormel Company and for 10 years at Tr...[more]

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ty Regional Medical Center. Her greatest joy in life was her family. She loved taking care of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
Survivors include children Rick Pieper (Lorie Spanjers) and Shelley (Mike) Kopp of Fort Dodge; grandchildren Courtney Kopp and Kyle Kopp; one great-grandson Austin Curtis Jaeschke all of Fort Dodge; siblings Norma Lundgren of Des Moines and Jack (Sheryl) Reimers of Renwick.
Betty is preceded in death by her husband Curtis, parents, sister Joyce Denker and brother Arthur Reimers Jr.

Memorials may be directed to the discretion of the family.