Obituary

Bette J. Kimball, 71, died May 24, 2008 at Hospice House. She was born June 19, 1936 in Clinton, Iowa, daughter of Edward V. and Josephine Humphrey Donahue.

She was a graduate of St. Vincent Grade School, Davenport, Iowa and the Villa Small De Chantel Finishing School, Davenport, Iowa. She had been a resident of Burrton since 1978. She was an escort driver for DMH Hutchinson and had been a job coach for Tech, Inc., Hutchinson.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Halstead. She married Gaylord Anderson on November 7, 1953 in Davenport. They divorced. She married Wayne L. Kimball on December 28, 1964 in Jaurez, Mexico. He died May 19, 1998.

Survivors: nine children: Michael Anderson, Stafford, Va.; Gale Hickling, Midlothian, Virginia; Connie Anderson, Hutchinson; Wayne Kinball II, Halstead; Kathleen Unruh, Burrton; Candace Kepford, Davenport, Iowa; Steven Kimball, Halstead; two foster daughters, Rori Beth, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee and Robin Redinger, Burrton; 27 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Margery; granddaughter, Tonya Dickerson; two brothers and seven sisters.

Services were presided by Father Stephen Baxter. Burial was in Burrton Cemetery. Memorials to American Cancer Society.