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The Tribune, Ames, Iowa, Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Betty Jean (Bass) Pepper
Nov. 26, 1925 ? Dec. 3, 2019
Betty Jean (Bass) Pepper, 94, of Boone, passed away on Dec. 3, 2019, at Mary Greeley Medical Center. A visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at Stevens Memorial Chapel (607 28th St., Ames, IA 50010) with the funeral mass at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church (915 12th St., Boone, IA 50036). Burial will be in Ames Municipal Cemetery.
Betty was born Nov. 26, 1925, at BooneHospital to Edward and Ella (McBride) Bass. Betty graduated from Boone High School in 1944. Her first job was at Ordinance plant in Ankeny (World War II). Betty worked on machine gauged 30- and 50-caliber loaded bullets. She said she was very scared at this job but it was good money and worked with wonderful people.
After World War II, she married the love of her life, James J Pepper, at St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church in Gilbert, on March 15, 1945. Betty and James farmed so she become a farmer's wife, it was very hard work. In 1958, they decided to leave farming and move to Ames. James started work at Iowa State University and became an electrician.
After her third daughter started school, Betty went to work for Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University. She started in high energy physics group as a scanner. Betty looked at film and measured particles on machines. After three years, Betty became supervisor and had a crew of 15 to 20 girls. When computers took over Betty's job, she became a plate marker. She worked for 25 years for Iowa State University.
When Betty's husband passed away, she started doing some traveling. She enjoyed going and visiting her daughters and grandchildren in Florida. She loved looking for shells on the beach and caught her first shark surf fishing. She loved her trip to New York and Branson, Mo. Betty's favorite sport was Iowa State men's basketball. Even if they didnt have the best season, to her they were still the best.
Betty is survived by her three children, Sandra (David) Henninger, Cynthia (Rich) Cooper and James Edward (Lindsey) Pepper; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Ella Bass; three brothers, Dick Bass, George Bass and Jack Bass; two sisters Mary Titone and Alice Upchurch; her husband, James J; and one daughter, Janice J Perkovich.
In lieu of flowers, please send memorial contributions to any Veterans charity of your choice or Saint Jude's Children's Hospital.
Online condolences may be made at www.StevensMemorialChapel.com.
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