Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Tesar

Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Tesar, age 94 of Marengo, formerly of Belle Plaine, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2019 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House, in Hiawatha. A memorial service will be held in the spring of 2020. Inurnment will be in the Rector Cemetery, in rural Chelsea. Memorials may be contributed to the Hospice of Mercy, in Cedar Rapids, in Betty’s name. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, is assisting the family with arrangements.

Betty is survived by her three sons Larry (Holly) Tesar, of Excelsior Springs, MO, Dennis Tesar (Heidi Reichold-Caruso), of Lakewood, CO, and Terry (Lisa) Tesar, of Marion; 11 grandchildren, Brandon (Mc Claine) Tesar, of Liberty, MO, Devin Tesar, of San Franciso, CA, Megan (Aaron) Hagan, of Excelsior Springs, MO, Nick Tesar (Jamie Hawker), of Marengo, Scott Tesar, of Cedar Rapids, Shelby Tesar, of Denver, CO, Skyler Tesar, of Marion, Shane Tesar, of Marion, Cameron (Brandy) Tesar, of Arvada, CO, Kim Tesar, of Toronto, Canada, Krishna Tesar, San Francisco, CA ; nine great grandchildren, Brandon, Sydney and Jaxon Tesar, of Arvada, CO, Addison and Ava Tesar, of Liberty, MO, Ryder, Zoe and Blakely Hagan, of Excelsior Springs, MO, Abel Duffy, of Marengo; a brother John Fetter, of Ackley; three sisters Peggy Davis, Des Moines, Martha Van Horn, of Plano, TX and Georgia (Francis) Duffy, of Humboldt. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband Laurence; two children, Vicki and Bryan Tesar; three brothers, Tony, Louis and Phil Fetter; two sisters, Adaline Wacha and Lillian Hala.

Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Fetter was born July 23, 1925, in rural Chelsea, the daughter of Lewis and Agnes (Dvorak) Fetter. She attended the St. Joseph’s Catholic School, in Chelsea. Betty was united in marriage to Laurence Tesar at the Catholic Church in Chelsea. She cleaned local businesses and was a cashier at the Belle Plaine resale shop. Betty was very involved with St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Belle Plaine, where she was the past president of the Altar and Rosary. She later moved to Marengo and lived at the Prime Timers community where she enjoyed decorating cookies, putting puzzles together and socializing with her neighbors. Betty also liked feeding hummingbirds and watching the Big Bang Theory on T.V. In  2018 she moved to Rose Haven Nursing Home in Marengo, where she enjoyed all the activities, loved sitting with “Betty, Betty and Irene” for meals and sharing a room  with “Elsie from Chelsea”.