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Betty J. Urlaub

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Betty Jenevieve (Jean) Urlaub, 95, was called home by her heavenly Father on Nov. 30, 2020. She lived her last year at the Guttenberg Care Center in Guttenberg.

Funeral services were Friday, Dec. 4, at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Garnavillo, conducted by Pastor Gary Hatcher.

Arrangements were handled by Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home, Garnavillo.

Betty was born Sept. 5, 1925, at the family farm near Princeton, the daughter of Raymond M. and Marjorie J. (McCulloh) Helble. She attended Maple Glen School in rural Princeton, Clinton High School in Clinton, and Carthage College in Carthage, Ill., where she met Leland Urlaub. They married on Aug. 3, 1946. They were blessed with four children. 

After living in Hebron, Ill., the family moved to Garnavillo in 1950. She was active in St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church as the pastor’s wife, Junior Choir Director, 26-year director of the Luther Choral Choir, Sunday School and Bible School teacher, and member of committees and women’s groups. She held offices in synodical women’s organizations. 

Before marriage, Betty worked in a doctors’ office in Davenport, as a laboratory technician and “room nurse.” In 1967, Betty became a classroom teacher in the Garnavillo Community Schools. Teaching fulltime, she took night and summer classes with a new major and completed her BA degree in 1971 at Upper Iowa University. She retired in 1993. Betty was a leader in the Garnavillo Farmerettes 4-H Club and the Republican Party. She sewed, gardened, enjoyed reading, and travelled to 49 states and nine countries. She most loved being with her family. 

She leaves to cherish her memory, four children, Charlene (Rev. Ken) Johnson of Riverside, Ill., Norma (George) Poulsen of Pewaukee, Wis., Marcia (Bradley) Larsen of Mission Viejo, Calif., and Rev. Mark (LuAnn) Urlaub of Vinton; 10 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and one expected in March; her sister Dorothy (Rondo) Pietscher of Camanche; other relatives and friends. 

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, the Rev. L.C. Urlaub, in 1990.

In lieu of flowers and all other styles of sympathy, a memorial to the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 104 S. Adams St., Garnavillo, Iowa 52049, would be greatly appreciated as this church was a significant part of Betty’s life.

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