Betty L. Meier

KEOTA ? Betty Lavon Meier, 87, of Yuma, Arizona, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in Yuma.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Powell Funeral Home in Keota with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Burial will be at Lafayette Cemetery in rural Keota. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m., Monday at the funeral home. A general memorial fund has been established. Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Keota is in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Meier was born Nov. 26, 1927, in Littleport, the daughter of John and Mildred (Wade) Miller. She married Richard Meier on Dec. 28, 1945, in Keota.

She and her husband lived in the Harper and Keota communities before moving to Texas, then Louisiana. They moved back to Iowa and made their home in Cedar Rapids in 1963. She worked at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, retiring in 1991. She enjoyed making quilts for family and friends.

Surviving are two children, Richard Meier of Yuma, Arizona, and Kathy Cook of Las Vegas, Nevada; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bob Miller and wife Jenny of Cedar Rapids, and Denny Miller and wife Sue of Arvada, Colorado; one sister-in-law, JoAnne Miller of Harper; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Richard; one son, John ?Jack? Meier; one brother, Milo Miller; and one sister, Maxine Hammes.