Betty Charline Cline was born on April 22, 1934, to Howard Franklin and Leona (Shedenhelm) Morehouse in Ottumwa, Iowa. She passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of seventy-eight. Betty received her education from the Ottumwa High School.

On June 7, 1952, Betty was united in marriage with William Francis Cline in Ottumwa, Iowa. They were blessed with three daughters: Debra, Cindy, and Patti.

Betty was employed at Heritage Lace in Pella as a lace cutter for twenty-four years, retiring in 2009. She enjoyed being a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She also enjoyed her time at home. She loved camping and fishing, reading, working jigsaw puzzles, animals, flowers, gardening, and watching birds. She was always happy and never knew a stranger. Betty will be remembered as being a kind hearted person.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of sixty years, William Cline of Pella; her daughters and their husbands; Debra and Philip Pendroy of Monroe, Iowa, Cindy and Carl Carman of Monroe, Iowa, Patti and Kenny Fagg of Otley, Iowa; grandchildren: Melissa (Jeremy) Masterson, Carl Carman III, William Carman, Matthew Carman and Jeremy Carman; four great-grandchildren: Casidee Carman, Carl Carman IV, Dylan Masterson, and Isabelle Masterson; one brother, Jerry Morehouse of Blue Grass, Iowa; one sister, Judy Skinner of Ottumwa, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Billy Morehouse; and her sister, Shirley McKim.

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