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Mrs Marceline Elizabeth “Betsy” Clark Bergen

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Birth	:	12 May 1928 Osage County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	9 Jan 2017 Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Overbrook Cemetery, Overbrook, Osage County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.7751083, -95.5487442
Description	:	Marcelene Elizabeth Bergen, known throughout her life as “Betsy,” passed away at her home in Topeka, Kansas on Monday evening, January 9, 2017 attended by family. She was 88 years old. Betsy was born in Osage County, Kansas on May 12, 1928 to Walter Thomas Clark and Aleatha Mae Tyner Clark. She was the youngest of three children. Her childhood was one of rural, depression-era poverty and hardship, but one which deeply valued family, education, and hard work. With these values, Betsy attended grade school at a small, one-room country schoolhouse. She graduated from Appanoose High School in 1945. During the... Read More	Marcelene Elizabeth Bergen, known throughout her life as “Betsy,” passed away at her home in Topeka, Kansas on Monday evening, January 9, 2017 attended by family. She was 88 years old. Betsy was born in Osage County, Kansas on May 12, 1928 to Walter Thomas Clark and Aleatha Mae Tyner Clark. She was the youngest of three children. Her childhood was one of rural, depression-era poverty and hardship, but one which deeply valued family, education, and hard work. With these values, Betsy attended grade school at a small, one-room country schoolhouse. She graduated from Appanoose High School in 1945. During the Summer of 1945 she attended Ottawa University her education being paid for with money her brother Walter Tyner Clark,who was in the Navy at that time,sent home. Betsy earned a Kansas state emergency teaching certificate and began teaching in rural, Kansas public schools in 1945, a career that would last for 18 years. She returned to Ottawa University in 1946. She went on to become a first-generation college graduate, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Education and Psychology at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas in 1949. During her time as a student and teacher, Betsy married a young WWII Navy veteran, David Earl Moberly, on August 31, 1947. They had two children, Joe and Alan, as they both pursued advanced college degrees and careers in education. Betsy earned a Master’s in Family and Child Development in 1964 and began teaching at Kansas State University in 1965, where she would eventually earn a PhD and become a professor of Human Ecology and remain for 41 years. In a time of great change and political controversy, Betsy organized and taught the first course on Human Sexuality at KSU in the 1970s, a course which quickly became popular and which she taught for four decades. Her research focused on human sexuality, health and AIDS education, marriage and family relationships, and single parent and reconstituted families. Nationally and internationally recognized as an AIDS educator and speaker, she conducted sexuality and AIDS education in China, Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, and Canada. She also served for a time as president of the Kansas Council on Family Relations. In the meantime, Betsy and David separated, and she remarried to Gerald Roy Bergen on 30 June 1967. The two dedicated their lives to bringing their two families together, raising her two children and Jerry’s three, Kevin, Kirsten, and Jeri Sue, together. Betsy retired in 2005 after 41 years of teaching at Kansas State University and turned to spending time with family and to her long-time hobby: quilting. She was an award-winning quilter, for years an active member of the Kansas Capital Quilters Guild in Topeka. She is survived by three children, Alan (Dianna) Moberly of Topeka, Kirsten Bergen of Seneca, and Jeri (Tasha) James of Lawrence; grandchildren, David (Delaney) Moberly, Aleatha (Samuel) Shannon, Joseph (Erin) Moberly, Mary (Chris) Koeven, Emma Moberly, Benjamin Moberly, Rebecca Moberly, Jeremy (Debbie) Bergen, Chris (Anna) Bergen, Kendra Volz, Justin (Rachel) and Travis (Andrea) James; as well as 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and two siblings, Walter Tyner Clark and Norah Gwendolynn Clark Gillard Eissler; her husband, Gerald Bergen; and two sons, Joe Moberly and Kevin Bergen.

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Mrs Marceline Elizabeth “Betsy” Clark Bergen's memorial is located at: Overbrook Cemetery, Overbrook, Osage County, USA.
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Mrs Marceline Elizabeth “Betsy” Clark Bergen death on 9 Jan 2017 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 38.7751083
Longitude: -95.5487442

Family Members:

Parent

Walter Thomas “Tad” Clark

(1891 - 1971)

Aleatha Mae Tyner Clark

(1894 - 1970)

Spouse

David Earl Moberly

(1923 - 2012)

Siblings

Norah Gwen “Gwendolyn” Clark Eissler

(1923 - 1999)

Children

Grady Joe Moberly

(1952 - 1983)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Overbrook Cemetery
Overbrook, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7751083, -95.5487442

2. Valley Brook Cemetery
Michigan Valley, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7242279, -95.5646362

3. Appanoose Cemetery
Globe, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7392006, -95.4642029

4. Ridgeway Cemetery
Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8408012, -95.6066971

5. Dodder Cemetery
Baldwin City, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7827988, -95.4452972

6. Dean Cemetery
Pomona, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7038994, -95.4781036

7. Carbondale Cemetery
Carbondale, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7963982, -95.6663971

8. Rock Creek Cemetery
Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8488998, -95.4561005

9. Richland Cemetery
Richland, Shawnee County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8767014, -95.5196991

10. Boles Cemetery
Shawnee County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8798400, -95.5307200

11. Twin Mound Cemetery
Clinton, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8692017, -95.4819031

12. Mount Zion Cemetery
Vassar, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6796989, -95.6181030

13. Beam Cemetery
Shawnee County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8847600, -95.6160300

14. Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Scranton, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7528000, -95.7055969

15. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Centropolis, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7243996, -95.4021988

16. Riggs Family Cemetery
Clinton, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8949300, -95.4978100

17. Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6492004, -95.5271988

18. Washington Creek Cemetery
Lone Star, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8273800, -95.3997900

19. Scranton Cemetery
Scranton, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7708015, -95.7221985

20. Kaub Cemetery
Centropolis, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7172012, -95.3899994

21. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Berryton, Shawnee County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9103012, -95.5763016

22. Yocum Cemetery
Wakarusa, Shawnee County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8849983, -95.6552963

23. Highland Cemetery
Scranton, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7103004, -95.7099991

24. Lamont Hill Cemetery
Vassar, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6392400, -95.6004600