BETTY J.  STEVENSON , 90, of Quimby, Iowa, passed away Friday afternoon, May 18, 2018 in the Accura Healthcare in Cherokee, Iowa.

Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, May 22 ^nd , at 11 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Barb Dinelli will officiate. There will be a family prayer service at 10:45 a.m. at the funeral home on Tuesday. Visitation will be on Monday from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. with the family present from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to the Quimby United Methodist Church, Quimby Community Center or the Quimby Fire Department. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Betty was born March 1, 1928 on a farm near Quimby, Iowa to Anuel and Anna (Stratton) Stroud. She graduated from Quimby Consolidated High School in 1947. She was married to Dick Stevenson on September 13, 1948 at Cherokee, Iowa. She had worked as a bookkeeper for Miller-Mac in Cherokee for 10 years and as a bookkeeper for Bushlow's Implement for 20 years, retiring in August of 1992.

Betty was a member of the Quimby United Methodist Church where she had held many offices over the years, various card clubs, Entre-Nous, Senior Citizens, Quimby Town and Country Club, Quimby Community Center Board, and the Quimby Cemetery Association, Classy Lassie Red Hat Society, and she was the founder of the Quimby Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary (The Spit Fires). She enjoyed reading, quilting, knitting, camping, traveling, fishing, baking, and helping others, especially the elderly. She loved spending time with her family, especially the grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Dick on April 4, 1989, a son Rick Stevenson in 2014, 2 sisters Dorothy (Donald) Clark,  June (Tony) Reinert, 3 brothers Garland (Lillian) Stroud, Jerry Stroud, Bud (Doris) Stroud, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Albert Henrichsen, Francis Steele, Vernon Stevenson, Cliff Stevenson, and Betty (Jim) Ball.

She is survived by her son: Jimmie Stevenson and his wife Lorri of Quimby, Iowa; daughter-in-law: Elaine Stevenson of Quimby, Iowa; 6 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren: Troy (Kim) Stevenson of Quimby, Iowa and their children Trevor & Teagan; Tracy (Angie) Stevenson of Quimby, Iowa and their children Tenise & Trent; Tyson (Debie) Stevenson of Quimby, Iowa and their children Carre & Tejay; Teanna (Mike) Athanasakis of Clarksville, Tennessee and their children Andi, Mikey, Max, and Ricky; Sherry Lucas-Taylor of Lenexa and her children Austin & Skyler; Jill Paltz of Olathe, Kansas and her children Kendra & Zane; one future great great grandson; 2 sisters: Evelyn Henrichsen of Correctionville, Iowa; Annabelle Steele of Fullerton, Nebraska; one brother Roy (Lidia) Stroud of Quimby, Iowa; two sisters-in-law: Bonnie Stroud of Omaha, Nebraska and Elsie Stevenson of Holstein, Iowa; also many nieces and nephews.