EDNA "BETTY" LITTLEHALE, 89, of Cherokee and former Ames, Iowa resident passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009 at the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 19th, at 10 a.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Mount Hope Cemetery at Madrid, Iowa. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa with the family present from
6 p.m. until 8 p.m. On line condolences may be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Betty was born May 3, 1920 at Madrid, Iowa to Earl and Alta (Clement) Brown. She graduated from Madrid High School in 1938. After attending Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls, Iowa she taught 2 years in a country school. Following the death of her husband Edward Bargfield in 1944, she helped her parents in their jewelry store. In 1951, she was married to Ivan Littlehale. She was currently a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee, was a former Sunday School Superindendant in Madrid. She recently was honored with a 75 year certificate for her membership in the Order of Eastern Star at Madrid, Iowa, serving as Worthy Matron in 1951. She was also the Charter President of Beauceant in Ames, Iowa. She enjoyed traveling with her two sisters.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Edward in 1944 and her husband Ivan in 1976 and two sisters Louise Cooper and Helen Partello

She is survived by a son Edward Bargfield and his wife Beverly of Galesburg, Illinois; a daughter Mary Raveling and her husband Rod of Cherokee, Iowa; 4 grandchildren: Doug Bargfield & family; Molly (Bargfield) Purcell & family; Robert Raveling and his wife Roxanne and family of Sioux City, Iowa; Becky (Raveling) Elemond and her husband Todd and family of Cherokee, Iowa; 6 great grandchildren; one niece Susan Dove & family.