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Elizabeth Jane “Bette” Whannell Grant

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Birth	:	10 Oct 1927 Calhoun Township, Harrison County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	21 Jan 2020 Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2393990, -96.0355988
Plot	:	Section G, Lot 473, Grave 4
Description	:	Bette Jane was born on a farm north of Missouri Valley, Iowa in Calhoun township the daughter of Hugh and Agnes (Chalmers) Whannell. Bette was the youngest of 5 children, with a sister, Doris (McCurley) and three brothers, Bruce, Don and Paul. At age 6 she started school at a country school in Calhoun County. When she was in the second grade, her family moved to Shelby, Iowa where she would later graduate in 1945. After graduation from high school, she worked for 5 years and attended Broadlawns School of Nursing in Des Moines, Iowa and... Read More	Bette Jane was born on a farm north of Missouri Valley, Iowa in Calhoun township the daughter of Hugh and Agnes (Chalmers) Whannell. Bette was the youngest of 5 children, with a sister, Doris (McCurley) and three brothers, Bruce, Don and Paul. At age 6 she started school at a country school in Calhoun County. When she was in the second grade, her family moved to Shelby, Iowa where she would later graduate in 1945. After graduation from high school, she worked for 5 years and attended Broadlawns School of Nursing in Des Moines, Iowa and graduated in 1953 with her nursing degree. Her first job as a nurse was at Manning, Iowa at the local Hospital, until 1958 when she moved to Sioux City, Iowa to assume a supervisor position at Gordon Memorial Hospital. Then in 1960, Bette moved to Clarkson Hospital in Omaha where she was an OB Supervisor. In 1961, Bette joined the Beta Sigma Fi Sorority. Bette would meet Charles Grant in 1964, and on April 16, 1971 was united in marriage and moved to Elkhorn and lived there until Charles passed on September 8, 1973. Bette remained in Elkhorn until 1976 when she moved to Omaha and began working at Children’s Hospital until her retirement in 1989. Bette liked to travel all over the United States and parts of Europe. She was an active member of the Extension Club, Red Hat Ladies and her sorority. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles; her three brothers; one sister, three step-sons; a great grandchild; a daughter-in-law; three sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law.

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Elizabeth Jane “Bette” Whannell Grant's memorial is located at: Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, USA.
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Elizabeth Jane “Bette” Whannell Grant death on 21 Jan 2020 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.2393990
Longitude: -96.0355988

Family Members:

Parent

Hugh Whannell

(1883 - 1959)

Agnes Chalmers Whannell

(1888 - 1974)

Siblings

Andrew Bruce Whannell

(1916 - 2004)

Donald H Whannell

(1919 - 2008)

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