Betty J. Warren

Betty J. Warren, age 93, of Sioux City, Iowa, passed away on Friday, July 26, 2019 at Brookstone Meadows in Omaha, Neb.

Services will be held Saturday, August 3 at 10 a.m. at St. Mark Lutheran Church followed by burial at Graceland Cemetery.  Visitation will be Friday, August 2, 4 – 8 p.m., with family present at 6 p.m., and a Prayer Service at 7p.m., at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel. Online condolences may be sent to meyerbroschapels.com.

Betty was born on March 31, 1926 in LaCrosse, Wis. to Nicholas and Alice (Iverson) Schaefer.  She attended LaCrosse Public Schools and graduated from Logan High School in 1944. Betty was then employed by Trane Company as secretary to the vice president and then in the personnel department.

Betty married Howard Warren on April 27, 1946.  Howard worked for the National Weather Service in LaCrosse and was transferred to Sioux City in 1964.  Betty was an active volunteer throughout her life and had been a member of the St. Mark Rachel Circle since 1965.  She was also a member of P.E.O. Chapter DX, the Round Table Study Club, the Lioness Club, the Red Hat Club, St. Luke’s Hospital Auxiliary and she was a volunteer at Sunrise Manor.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Nicholas and Alice Schaefer; Howard, her husband of 61 years; and her eldest son, Gary Warren.

Survivors include her sister, Gloria Medow of Kenosha, Wis.; sons John Warren (Mary) of Lee’s Summit, Mo. and Rich Warren (Susan) of Omaha, Neb.; daughter-in-law Barb Warren (Gary) of Sioux City, Iowa; grandchildren Bryan Warren (Hope) and their children Seton, Howie, Layla and Meta, all of Sioux City, Kristi Berger (Todd) and their children, Warren and Theresa, of Omaha, Neb., Craig Upton (Jennifer) and children, Tyler and Ashlynn, all of Albuquerque, N.M., Steve Upton (Sarah) of Raytown, Mo., Liz Gartner (Kyle) of Omaha, Neb., Katie Warren of Denver, Colo.; and her lifelong friend, Molly Ebner, of LaCrosse, Wis.