Betty Felder

A Mass of Christian Burial for Betty Felder, 80, of East Moline, formerly of Davenport, will be 11a.m. Thursday, July 25, 2019 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 516 Fillmore Street, Davenport, Iowa.  Burial will be in the Rock Island National Cemetery-Arsenal Island. Visitation will be Thursday from 10a.m. until the time of the Mass at church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Betty died on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline.

Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Betty was born March 3, 1939 in Iowa City, a daughter of Anthony and Jacqueline (LoRang) Felder.  She graduated from St. Luke’s School of Nursing, Davenport, later attending Scott Community College, Marycrest College, and St. Josephs College, North Windham, Maine.  She had a quest for knowledge and was a lifelong learner.

Betty worked in the operating room at the former St. Luke’s Hospital before joining the military.  She was a Major in the U.S. Army serving in the Nurse Corps for 17 ½ years.  She served in Vietnam, Germany and the United States.

Betty began volunteer work when she was 14 with the Ground Observation Corp.  She also was a hospice volunteer.

Betty was a woman of great faith and believed in serving her church.  She was a eucharistic minister and helped with the bazaars at St. Mary’s, volunteered at the Diocese of Davenport, and spent 16 months in Medjugorje as a volunteer nurse to the Medjugorje community and visiting pilgrims.

Betty loved to crochet, sew, quilt and paint water colors, acrylics and oils.  Betty was a certified instructor in the Bob Ross techniques.

She is survived by her nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents, and siblings: Verna, Jeanene, Jeffery, Jerry, and Tony; and a nephew, Richard Wilson.