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Elizabeth Ellen “Bettie” Dawson Kiser

Birth	:	30 Apr 1922 Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	14 Aug 2015 Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Iowa State University Cemetery, Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0306000, -93.6539000
Description	:	Survived by her husband, two daughters, two grandchildren, and a sister. Preceded in death by a brother and a sister. Bettie graduated from Vermillion High School in 1940 and received her bachelor's degree in Home Economics Education from South Dakota State University in Brookings in 1944. She met James Joy Kiser in 1946 in Chicago where he was coaching the SDSU livestock judging team. They were married in Vermillion on September 15, 1947. Jim and Bettie moved to Ames in 1951 when Jim was hired as a professor of Animal Science at Iowa State University. Read More	Survived by her husband, two daughters, two grandchildren, and a sister. Preceded in death by a brother and a sister. Bettie graduated from Vermillion High School in 1940 and received her bachelor's degree in Home Economics Education from South Dakota State University in Brookings in 1944. She met James Joy Kiser in 1946 in Chicago where he was coaching the SDSU livestock judging team. They were married in Vermillion on September 15, 1947. Jim and Bettie moved to Ames in 1951 when Jim was hired as a professor of Animal Science at Iowa State University. Bettie went to work the following year at ISU in 4-H Extension. Her daughters were born in 1954 and 1955. After her daughters were in school, Bettie re-entered the professional world in 1962 at ISU following her passion of working with young people as a freshman advisor in the college of Home Economics. Bettie was actively involved in her daughter's lives taking on such duties as church choir mother, Camp Fire and 4-H leader, dance recital costume maker, and chauffer extraordinaire. She never missed a concert, recital or event. One of her favorite family activities was riding horses. She loved sewing Chanel suits with matching shoes, baking pies of all kinds, arranging flowers from her garden in a cut-glass vase, and decorating her home for Christmas. Bettie belonged to professional organizations such as Faculty Women's Club and AAUW. She was an adviser for the Animal Science Student Wives. Bettie was an avid bridge player and enjoyed playing in several women's clubs, plus she and Jim were part of a beloved couples dinner bridge club. They also enjoyed dancing, founded a square dance group, and were long-time members of Red Friars. Bettie was preceded in death by her parents, sister Evelyn Dawson Park Lee, and brother Joseph Charles Dawson V. Published in the Des Moines (Iowa) Register on Aug. 16, 2015.

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Elizabeth Ellen “Bettie” Dawson Kiser's memorial is located at: Iowa State University Cemetery, Ames, Story County, USA.
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Elizabeth Ellen “Bettie” Dawson Kiser death on 14 Aug 2015 in Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.0306000
Longitude: -93.6539000

Family Members:

Parent

Joseph Charles Dawson IV

(1894 - 1944)

Mabel Geneva Armstrong Dawson

(1896 - 1988)

Spouse

James Joy Kiser

(1918 - 2018)

Siblings

Evelyn Geneva Dawson Lee

(1920 - 1984)

Marilyn M. Dawson Woolridge

(1927 - 2020)

Flowers:

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