Betty J. Williams Donovan, 80, of Burlington died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, at 1:47 a.m. at Azria Health Prairie Ridge in Mediapolis.
Born Sept. 22, 1941, in El Reno, Okla., she was the daughter of Curran Newton and Hazel Bell Klohn Williams. Betty graduated in 1960 from Springville High School in Springville, Iowa.
Betty married Leroy Bird in 1965, and they divorced November 1967. She married Russell George Grawet Dec. 19, 1967; he died Aug. 20, 1984. Betty married Michael J. Donovan; he died Feb. 14, 1992.
Survivors include three daughters, Robin Stivers of Burlington, Rayline Householder of Toledo, Ohio, and Rose Grawet of Kentucky; stepchildren, Henry Grawet of Oquawka, Raymond Grawet of Keithsburg, Becky Davis of Illinois, Valerie Grawet and George Grawet of Belle Plaine, Iowa; one sister, Evelyn Ferguson of Texas; and one brother, Newton Curran Williams of Tennessee.
According to her wishes cremation has been accorded and entrusted to the care of Lunning Chapel. A celebration of Life will be held on March 20, 2022. Inurnment will be at Aspen Grove Cemetery at a later date.