Betty Albrecht

In adherence to the CDC Covid-19 virus guidelines, a private service will be held at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home.  Please join our family for a Virtual Celebration of her life at 11:00am on Friday, April 3rd by going to Betty’s obituary at www.hmdfuneralhome.com and clicking on the live stream link.

Betty died peacefully on Tuesday, March 31, at the Iowa Masonic Home, Bettendorf, where she had resided for 5 years.

Betty Jean Westrum was born August 18, 1928 in Stratford, Iowa, a daughter of Ernest Westrum and Hazel (Angstrom) Westrum.

Betty was united in marriage to Maurice Albrecht on September 5, 1953, in Clare, Iowa. Maurice died in 2017.

As her children entered high school, Betty found employment at Marycrest College in Davenport so her children could attend college with free tuition. There, Betty worked her way up from bookstore clerk to director of financial aid, and retired in 1993. Betty and Maurice were “snowbirds” for many years after retirement, spending winters in Apache Junction, AZ. At home, Betty doted on her grandchildren, and generously shared her homegrown grape jelly and peach and cherry pies with family and friends. Every visitor to her kitchen made a beeline to the cookie jar.

Memorials are suggested to the Congregation of the Humility of Mary in Davenport.

Those left to honor Betty’s memory include her children, Susan (William) Albrecht-Felt, Chandler, Arizona, Timothy Albrecht, Davenport, Sheri (Steve Carriger) Albrecht, Walford, Iowa, Sarah Teller, Davenport, and Sibyl (Donald) Marriott, Eldridge; seven grandchildren, Graham (Jenny) Teller, Amanda (Casey) Hoffmann, Jessica (Chris) Corbisier, Colton (Kelsey) Carriger, Travis Carriger, Kirstin (Kenner) Ahrendsen, and Christopher Marriott; five great grandchildren, Jimmy, Peyton, Kyah, Lainie, and Bennett; a sister, Janice Young; and two brothers, Verlyn Westrum and Dale Westrum. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a sister, Marjorie Kallensrud; and a brother, Norman Westrum. May they rest in peace.