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1924
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2024
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Elizabeth Zieser Obituary
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 9, at St. John's Catholic Church in Independence with Rev. David Beckman officiating. Burial will be held at St. John's Cemetery in Independence. Visitation will be held from 4 until 7 p.m. on Friday, March 8 at the Reiff Family Center – Funeral Home & Crematory in Independence, and from 9 a.m. to services Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church. A Rosary will be said at 3:45 p.m. and a Parish Vigil Service will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home.
Betty was born on June 11, 1924, in Coggon, Iowa, the daughter of Richard and Anna (McGuire) Sheeley. On June 7, 1949, Betty married Clifford Zieser in Masonville, Iowa in a double wedding with Don and Doris (Sheeley) Smith.
Betty was a member of St. John Catholic Church and St. John Rosary Society for many years. She was a teacher in a one room schoolhouse prior to her marriage to Clifford. A fun-loving woman, she will be remembered by all those she touched as a warm, gracious, and sincere person with a great love for Cliff, her family, and ice cream.
Betty is survived by her six children: Teresa Fabert, Kathy (Rick) Vaughn, Paul (Becky) Zieser, Jane Zieser, Kevin (Ann) Zieser, and Kyle (Sarah) Zieser; daughter-in-law, Sharon Zieser; twelve grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Delores Zieser; and many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Clifford; her parents, Richard and Anna (McGuire) Sheeley; two sons, Craig and Kenny Zieser; a son-in-law, Gary Fabert; a granddaughter, Amanda Faith Zieser; six sisters: Loretta (Joe) Houlahan, Geraldine (Mike) Dolan, Lorraine Sheeley, Doris (Don) Smith, Mary Jo (Jim) Kortenkamp, Marge (Ralph) Sanders; and three brothers: Clair (Donna), Cyril (Lorraine), and John Sheeley (in infancy).
In lieu of flowers, please make donation to St. John Catholic Church, Independence.
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Karen & Robert J Klostermann
March 11, 2024
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of loss.
Harriet Schwarting Mahoney
March 7, 2024
Many good memories of Betty and family. Sending thoughts and Prayers to the family. Harriet Schwarting Mahoney
Patrick Houlahan
March 5, 2024
To all the Zeiser kids, in-laws, grandkids and great grandkids, I wish to extend my condolences and sympathies on the passing of Aunt Betty. What a beautiful and wonderful person she was. Together with Uncle Cliff , they were truly a remarkable couple! It has been years since I have
seen you kids but I assure you thoughts and questions about you have been raised and talked about within the Houlahan family. Both of your parents lived long and rewarding lives and I am happy to have had the memories I have of Betty , Cliff and all of you out on the farm. Prayers raised and Masses arranged to be said by the Monks at St Gregory´s Abbey in Shawnee, Oklahoma. May Betty RIP. Pat Houlahan
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