Betty Earleen Reed, the daughter of Harry Ephrim and Mary A. (Allison) Anderson, was born May 5, 1927, in Monte Ray Park, Calif.

Betty had worked for General Motors in east Los Angeles as a computer operator and as an operations manager for Valley Medical Center in Fresno, Calif. She moved to Newton, Iowa, in 1988.  Betty enjoyed being close to her family, painting, ceramics and genealogy. She was a member of the Jasper County Senior Citizens Center.

Betty died Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at Skiff Medical Center under the care of Skiff Hospice. She was 85 years old.  Betty was preceded in death by her parents and her sisters, Helen and Dorothea.