Betty "Cookie" Brace

August 4, 1935 - June 1, 2019

8/4/1935 – 6/1/2019 Cedar Falls - Betty “Cookie” Brace, 83 of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Saturday, June 1, 2019 at her home. She was born on August 4th 1935, in Black Hawk county, the daughter of Stanley and Bessie (Carlson) Myszka. She graduated from Finchford High School. On February 12, 1955, Betty was united in marriage to Ron Brace in Cedar Falls. Ron preceded her in death on June 22, 2002. Betty retired from Nestle after working there for more than 30 years. Betty is survived by: two sons; Daniel (Wendy) Brace of Janesville and Larry Brace of Cedar Falls; five grandchildren: Bobbi (Zach Kita) of Houston, TX, Maygen of Janesville, Tyler of Janesville, Luke (Chelsey) of Waverly, and Natalie Brace of Waterloo; two sisters, Delores “Sis” Carr of Parkersburg and Deanna “Jo” Junkins of Cedar Falls, along with five nieces and one nephew. She was preceded in death by her husband, and two brother in-laws, David Junkins and Harold Carr. Memorial Services will be 11am Thursday, at Richardson Funeral Service, with visitation from 5-8pm Wednesday at Richardson’s and also one hour prior to the service. Inurnment will be in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be directed to the family. Online guestbook at www.richardsonfuneralservice.com She had an awesome sense of humor and loved to show people her funny card tricks. She also loved animals of all kinds, over the years Betty rescued all kinds of wildlife and especially loved rescuing and taking care of her cats.