Obituary of Betty Marie Slach

West Branch, Iowa

Betty Marie Ingwersen Naeve Slach, 95, passed away Friday, December 20, 2024 at Cedar Manor in Tipton.

Visitation will be held 4 to 7 P.M. Thursday, December 26, 2024 at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Funeral service will be held 10:30 A.M. Friday December 27^th, at Bethany Lutheran Church in West Branch. Burial will be in the West Branch Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Bethany Lutheran Church.

Betty was born November 3, 1929 in Clinton, Iowa the daughter of Paul and Cecilia (Nissen) Ingwersen. She was united in marriage to D.P. Naeve Jr. in 1951, he passed away in 1959. They were the parents of Susan (Naeve) Papke and Mark Naeve. She later married Kenneth Slach in 1974 and he passed away in 2005.

She was a long time, active member of Bethany Lutheran Church.

She is survived by her children: Susan Papke of Sun City, Arizona, Mark Naeve of Broomfield, Colorado as well as Kenny’s children: Carol Belding of Coralville, Jane Slach of Oxford, Raymond (Nancy) Slach of West Branch,  and Anita Slach of North Liberty. She is also survived by grandchildren: Leland Belding III, Stephanie (Sid) Tison, Angela (John) Platt, Raejean (Chad) Chapman, Matthew (Katie) Papke, Jennifer (Todd) Walker, Tom (Nicole) Papke, Alan Papke, Megan (Shaheed) Al-Mabuk, Emily (Nick) Snider and Natalie (Greg) Hays, 16 great grandchildren, sister: Jean Lauritzen and sister in law: Patsy. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands D.P. Naeve Jr and Kenneth Slach,  brother: Glen Ingwersen, sons in law: Rand Papke, Leland Belding Jr., Mike Hill, and Kenny's daughter: Marcia Sorensen.