Bette Carver Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Bette (Dixie) J. Carver, 79, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Marshalltown, died Tuesday, December 23, 2003, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo of cancer. She was born March 12, 1923, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas and Ethel (Batten) Wood. She graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1941. She was married to Ben Niederhauser and later divorced. She then married Grant Carver November 28, 1970. She was a nurse in Dr. Robert Morrison and Dr. Robert Bailey's office in Waterloo for 27 years, retiring in 1991. Survivors include her husband, Grant of Cedar Falls, daughter, Shiela Rassmussen of Aurora, CO; step daughter, Martha Kohlmeyer of Waterloo; step sons, Roger Carver of Colorado and Denis Carver of Minnesota; brother, Edward Wood of Ames; step-mother, Myrna Wood of Arkansas; five grandchildren; four step grandchildren; ten great grandchildren and three step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Victoria Ackerman and ? brother, Kenneth Mays. Services will occur 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 27, 2003 at Valley View Baptist Church, with interment in the Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, both in Cedar Falls. There will be no visitation. Memorial contributions may be directed to the church. Richardson Funeral Home, 615 Main St., Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 (319) 266-3525 is in charge of arrangements.