Obituary of Betty Jane Schrader

Betty J. Schrader Newton Funeral services for Betty Schrader of Newton, will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 18, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church in Newton. Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home in Newton has been entrusted with the arrangements. A visitation with the family will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, at the Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home in Newton. Betty Jane Schrader, 78, the daughter of William Pearson and Nellie Caroline (Sorensen) Pearson-Thompson, was born on her grandparents farm in Audubon County, Iowa, April 16, 1930. She attended Guthrie Center High School through the tenth grade, graduating from the Newton Senior High School. On September 22, 1945, Betty was united in marriage with Gordon Stanley Schrader, Sr. in Audubon, Iowa. She had devoted her life to her husband, family and friends, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Newton. Betty was the co-owner and operator of the Jasper County Advertiser and C.G.B. Printing. She enjoyed and loved her family, reading and drawing. Betty died on Tuesday morning, October 14, 2008, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents; her step father, Raymond Thompson; her husband, Gordon in March 2004; a son, Lance Corporal Franklin Daniel Schrader on January 19, 1970; her step brothers, Arnold and Roland Thompson. Those left to honor Betty's memory include her daughter Connie (Tim) Rock of Newton, Iowa; her sons: Gordon Schrader, Jr. of Vegas, Nevada and Craig A. (Gloria) Schrader of Coralville, Iowa; her grandchildren: Eric, Lisa (Ryan), Jason (Jamie), Christy (Jon), Erin (Ryan), Melissa, Timmy, Samantha, Mary, and Shelly; her great-grandchildren: Ben, Ella, Brett, Kyle, Matthew, Lucus, Lily, and Payten; her step brother, Bernard (Phyllis) Thompson of Waukee, Iowa, a brother-in-law William (Elizabeth) Schrader of Garner, Iowa; very special friends, Mike and Wanda Sell of Newton, Iowa and many good neighbors and friends. Memorials in Betty's name are being designated to the American Diabetes Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or the Autism Society of Iowa.