Betty Ann Robinson was born Sunday, July 1, 1923 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She was the daughter of Frank Earnest Robinson and Beulah Louise (Crouse) Robinson. Six years later, her sister Lillie Mae Robinson was born.
The family moved to Topeka, Kansas. While living in Topeka, her father died suddenly at age 30 of a ruptured appendix, leaving his wife and two young daughters. Betty's mother took in laundry and sold pies, later working for Singer Sewing Machine company, to provide for her family.
Betty was also cared for by her maternal grandparents, Charles and Minnie (Porter) Crouse. Betty's mother married John J. Williams, of Fort Dodge, and Betty graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1941.
She married Donald Ziems and became the mother of Judy JoAnn. They were later divorced.
She married Alvin LeRoy Rapp of Paton, Iowa on Sunday, August 29, 1948 and became the mother of two more daughters (Sally, Marilynn) and a son John. She was also a well-loved mother to American Field Service daughter, Sabine Loreck, of Osnabruck, Germany who stayed with the Rapp family during 1966-1967.
Alvin and Betty were blissfully happy working together on the Rapp farm. Betty was a fabulous cook, enjoyed women's groups at Paton Methodist Church and the Paton community such as the So-Mor Club, served as a 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher and leader of children's activities.
She was an excellent seamstress and sewed nearly all of the family's clothing, including her maternity clothes, prom dresses and wedding dresses. Family favorites were the girls' poodle skirts in different colors, sailor outfits with little Johnny in a sailor suit, the "pink suit" she fashioned for Alvin which was highly requested by the children for him to wear, and giant duffel bags for her children.
She grew beautiful flowers, an abundant garden and fruit trees. She used them to can and freeze fruits, vegetables and meats for family meals. Betty had a special recipe for boiled coffee using an egg, and she had a pot of coffee on every day.
She earned her Water Safety Instructor certification teaching private, group and Red Cross swimming lessons to hundreds of children in Jefferson and Grand Junction in Greene County and in Gowrie in Webster County, Iowa for many years. Even thirty years after her death, area families talk about Betty Rapp teaching them or their children how to swim.
Betty's favorite color was blue. At one time, she drove a blue car, had blue carpet and walls painted blue in her blue house!
Alvin died in 1968 of a terminal illness diagnosed only weeks earlier. After Alvin's death, Betty worked briefly at a car dealership and painted signs for American Trampoline Company in Jefferson. She returned to school at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. Her daughters had graduated from high school, and her son was too young to farm, so she had to leave the farm she loved.
She married Floyd Tuttle on June 7, 1971 and welcomed his three children into her heart. She became the step-mother of David, Linda, and Rebecca. Floyd and Betty lived in Fort Dodge where they were members of First Presbyterian Church and a card club. She swam nearly every day at the Y.M.C.A. and enjoyed painting, sewing, creating craft projects of all kinds with friends, and attending P.E.O. meetings.
Betty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1979 and fought to survive it. She passed away at Mercy Hospital in Fort Dodge, on Wednesday, July 11, 1984. During the next few days, many people commented on the giant, glowing rainbow they saw in the sky a few days earlier. It had happened that same morning that Betty had passed. She was loved by anyone who knew her.
Her funeral service was held at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 13, 1984. Numerous floral tributes provided garden-like surroundings for Betty. She was interred next to her husband, Alvin Rapp, at Paton Twp. Cemetery.
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1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Betty Robinson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1924
Race: White
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Stepdaughter
Home in 1940: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas
Street: Westover Avenue
House Number: 716
Residence in 1935: Fort Dodge, Iowa
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: HS, 3rd year
Household Members:
John Williams 37
Bewlah Williams 32 [Beulah]
Betty Robinson 16
Lilie May Robinson 10 [Lillie Mae]
The family moved to Topeka, Kansas. While living in Topeka, her father died suddenly at age 30 of a ruptured appendix, leaving his wife and two young daughters. Betty's mother took in laundry and sold pies, later working for Singer Sewing Machine company, to provide for her family.
Betty was also cared for by her maternal grandparents, Charles and Minnie (Porter) Crouse. Betty's mother married John J. Williams, of Fort Dodge, and Betty graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1941.
She married Donald Ziems and became the mother of Judy JoAnn. They were later divorced.
She married Alvin LeRoy Rapp of Paton, Iowa on Sunday, August 29, 1948 and became the mother of two more daughters (Sally, Marilynn) and a son John. She was also a well-loved mother to American Field Service daughter, Sabine Loreck, of Osnabruck, Germany who stayed with the Rapp family during 1966-1967.
Alvin and Betty were blissfully happy working together on the Rapp farm. Betty was a fabulous cook, enjoyed women's groups at Paton Methodist Church and the Paton community such as the So-Mor Club, served as a 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher and leader of children's activities.
She was an excellent seamstress and sewed nearly all of the family's clothing, including her maternity clothes, prom dresses and wedding dresses. Family favorites were the girls' poodle skirts in different colors, sailor outfits with little Johnny in a sailor suit, the "pink suit" she fashioned for Alvin which was highly requested by the children for him to wear, and giant duffel bags for her children.
She grew beautiful flowers, an abundant garden and fruit trees. She used them to can and freeze fruits, vegetables and meats for family meals. Betty had a special recipe for boiled coffee using an egg, and she had a pot of coffee on every day.
She earned her Water Safety Instructor certification teaching private, group and Red Cross swimming lessons to hundreds of children in Jefferson and Grand Junction in Greene County and in Gowrie in Webster County, Iowa for many years. Even thirty years after her death, area families talk about Betty Rapp teaching them or their children how to swim.
Betty's favorite color was blue. At one time, she drove a blue car, had blue carpet and walls painted blue in her blue house!
Alvin died in 1968 of a terminal illness diagnosed only weeks earlier. After Alvin's death, Betty worked briefly at a car dealership and painted signs for American Trampoline Company in Jefferson. She returned to school at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. Her daughters had graduated from high school, and her son was too young to farm, so she had to leave the farm she loved.
She married Floyd Tuttle on June 7, 1971 and welcomed his three children into her heart. She became the step-mother of David, Linda, and Rebecca. Floyd and Betty lived in Fort Dodge where they were members of First Presbyterian Church and a card club. She swam nearly every day at the Y.M.C.A. and enjoyed painting, sewing, creating craft projects of all kinds with friends, and attending P.E.O. meetings.
Betty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1979 and fought to survive it. She passed away at Mercy Hospital in Fort Dodge, on Wednesday, July 11, 1984. During the next few days, many people commented on the giant, glowing rainbow they saw in the sky a few days earlier. It had happened that same morning that Betty had passed. She was loved by anyone who knew her.
Her funeral service was held at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 13, 1984. Numerous floral tributes provided garden-like surroundings for Betty. She was interred next to her husband, Alvin Rapp, at Paton Twp. Cemetery.
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1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Betty Robinson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1924
Race: White
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Stepdaughter
Home in 1940: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas
Street: Westover Avenue
House Number: 716
Residence in 1935: Fort Dodge, Iowa
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: HS, 3rd year
Household Members:
John Williams 37
Bewlah Williams 32 [Beulah]
Betty Robinson 16
Lilie May Robinson 10 [Lillie Mae]
Betty Ann Robinson was born Sunday, July 1, 1923 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She was the daughter of Frank Earnest Robinson and Beulah Louise (Crouse) Robinson. Six years later, her sister Lillie Mae Robinson was born.
The family moved to Topeka, Kansas. While living in Topeka, her father died suddenly at age 30 of a ruptured appendix, leaving his wife and two young daughters. Betty's mother took in laundry and sold pies, later working for Singer Sewing Machine company, to provide for her family.
Betty was also cared for by her maternal grandparents, Charles and Minnie (Porter) Crouse. Betty's mother married John J. Williams, of Fort Dodge, and Betty graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1941.
She married Donald Ziems and became the mother of Judy JoAnn. They were later divorced.
She married Alvin LeRoy Rapp of Paton, Iowa on Sunday, August 29, 1948 and became the mother of two more daughters (Sally, Marilynn) and a son John. She was also a well-loved mother to American Field Service daughter, Sabine Loreck, of Osnabruck, Germany who stayed with the Rapp family during 1966-1967.
Alvin and Betty were blissfully happy working together on the Rapp farm. Betty was a fabulous cook, enjoyed women's groups at Paton Methodist Church and the Paton community such as the So-Mor Club, served as a 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher and leader of children's activities.
She was an excellent seamstress and sewed nearly all of the family's clothing, including her maternity clothes, prom dresses and wedding dresses. Family favorites were the girls' poodle skirts in different colors, sailor outfits with little Johnny in a sailor suit, the "pink suit" she fashioned for Alvin which was highly requested by the children for him to wear, and giant duffel bags for her children.
She grew beautiful flowers, an abundant garden and fruit trees. She used them to can and freeze fruits, vegetables and meats for family meals. Betty had a special recipe for boiled coffee using an egg, and she had a pot of coffee on every day.
She earned her Water Safety Instructor certification teaching private, group and Red Cross swimming lessons to hundreds of children in Jefferson and Grand Junction in Greene County and in Gowrie in Webster County, Iowa for many years. Even thirty years after her death, area families talk about Betty Rapp teaching them or their children how to swim.
Betty's favorite color was blue. At one time, she drove a blue car, had blue carpet and walls painted blue in her blue house!
Alvin died in 1968 of a terminal illness diagnosed only weeks earlier. After Alvin's death, Betty worked briefly at a car dealership and painted signs for American Trampoline Company in Jefferson. She returned to school at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. Her daughters had graduated from high school, and her son was too young to farm, so she had to leave the farm she loved.
She married Floyd Tuttle on June 7, 1971 and welcomed his three children into her heart. She became the step-mother of David, Linda, and Rebecca. Floyd and Betty lived in Fort Dodge where they were members of First Presbyterian Church and a card club. She swam nearly every day at the Y.M.C.A. and enjoyed painting, sewing, creating craft projects of all kinds with friends, and attending P.E.O. meetings.
Betty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1979 and fought to survive it. She passed away at Mercy Hospital in Fort Dodge, on Wednesday, July 11, 1984. During the next few days, many people commented on the giant, glowing rainbow they saw in the sky a few days earlier. It had happened that same morning that Betty had passed. She was loved by anyone who knew her.
Her funeral service was held at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 13, 1984. Numerous floral tributes provided garden-like surroundings for Betty. She was interred next to her husband, Alvin Rapp, at Paton Twp. Cemetery.
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1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Betty Robinson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1924
Race: White
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Stepdaughter
Home in 1940: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas
Street: Westover Avenue
House Number: 716
Residence in 1935: Fort Dodge, Iowa
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: HS, 3rd year
Household Members:
John Williams 37
Bewlah Williams 32 [Beulah]
Betty Robinson 16
Lilie May Robinson 10 [Lillie Mae]
The family moved to Topeka, Kansas. While living in Topeka, her father died suddenly at age 30 of a ruptured appendix, leaving his wife and two young daughters. Betty's mother took in laundry and sold pies, later working for Singer Sewing Machine company, to provide for her family.
Betty was also cared for by her maternal grandparents, Charles and Minnie (Porter) Crouse. Betty's mother married John J. Williams, of Fort Dodge, and Betty graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1941.
She married Donald Ziems and became the mother of Judy JoAnn. They were later divorced.
She married Alvin LeRoy Rapp of Paton, Iowa on Sunday, August 29, 1948 and became the mother of two more daughters (Sally, Marilynn) and a son John. She was also a well-loved mother to American Field Service daughter, Sabine Loreck, of Osnabruck, Germany who stayed with the Rapp family during 1966-1967.
Alvin and Betty were blissfully happy working together on the Rapp farm. Betty was a fabulous cook, enjoyed women's groups at Paton Methodist Church and the Paton community such as the So-Mor Club, served as a 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher and leader of children's activities.
She was an excellent seamstress and sewed nearly all of the family's clothing, including her maternity clothes, prom dresses and wedding dresses. Family favorites were the girls' poodle skirts in different colors, sailor outfits with little Johnny in a sailor suit, the "pink suit" she fashioned for Alvin which was highly requested by the children for him to wear, and giant duffel bags for her children.
She grew beautiful flowers, an abundant garden and fruit trees. She used them to can and freeze fruits, vegetables and meats for family meals. Betty had a special recipe for boiled coffee using an egg, and she had a pot of coffee on every day.
She earned her Water Safety Instructor certification teaching private, group and Red Cross swimming lessons to hundreds of children in Jefferson and Grand Junction in Greene County and in Gowrie in Webster County, Iowa for many years. Even thirty years after her death, area families talk about Betty Rapp teaching them or their children how to swim.
Betty's favorite color was blue. At one time, she drove a blue car, had blue carpet and walls painted blue in her blue house!
Alvin died in 1968 of a terminal illness diagnosed only weeks earlier. After Alvin's death, Betty worked briefly at a car dealership and painted signs for American Trampoline Company in Jefferson. She returned to school at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. Her daughters had graduated from high school, and her son was too young to farm, so she had to leave the farm she loved.
She married Floyd Tuttle on June 7, 1971 and welcomed his three children into her heart. She became the step-mother of David, Linda, and Rebecca. Floyd and Betty lived in Fort Dodge where they were members of First Presbyterian Church and a card club. She swam nearly every day at the Y.M.C.A. and enjoyed painting, sewing, creating craft projects of all kinds with friends, and attending P.E.O. meetings.
Betty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1979 and fought to survive it. She passed away at Mercy Hospital in Fort Dodge, on Wednesday, July 11, 1984. During the next few days, many people commented on the giant, glowing rainbow they saw in the sky a few days earlier. It had happened that same morning that Betty had passed. She was loved by anyone who knew her.
Her funeral service was held at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 13, 1984. Numerous floral tributes provided garden-like surroundings for Betty. She was interred next to her husband, Alvin Rapp, at Paton Twp. Cemetery.
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1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Betty Robinson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1924
Race: White
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Stepdaughter
Home in 1940: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas
Street: Westover Avenue
House Number: 716
Residence in 1935: Fort Dodge, Iowa
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: HS, 3rd year
Household Members:
John Williams 37
Bewlah Williams 32 [Beulah]
Betty Robinson 16
Lilie May Robinson 10 [Lillie Mae]
Family Members
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