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Betty Jean Piggott
August 5, 1919 — September 29, 2011
Betty J. Piggott, 92, of Waukon, IA, died Thursday, September 29, 2011, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Monday, October 3rd, at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Sunday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon where there will be a 2:00 pm scripture service.
Betty Jean Piggott was born August 5, 1919 in Waukon, IA, the daughter of William James and Roxie E. (Olson) Thomson. She attended rural Allamakee Country Schools and graduated from Waukon High School in 1937. On March 9, 1943 she married James Curtis Piggott at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon. They farmed in Ludlow Township for many years, operating a dairy herd and raising beef cows, chickens, hogs and grain. Betty also worked at the Allamakee County ASCS office in Waukon and was a Dietary Aid and worked in the Home Health Care Department at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She was a member of the Ludlow Township Homemakers and the Allamakee County Farm Bureau. Betty enjoyed playing cards in her card club, playing the organ, crocheting and spending time with her family and friends.
Survivors include her children, Peggy (Ron) Henning of Decorah, IA and Greg (Rosella) Piggott of Waukon, IA; 7 grandchildren, Devon (Rick) Wagner, James and Justin Piggott, Stacia (Mike) Sonderman, Beth (Dan) Knudsvig, Wade (Cathryn Meyer) Henning and Aryn (Benji) Nichols; and 9 great-grandchildren, Tanner Henning, Danielle Wagner, Henry, Wyatt and Edith Knudsvig and Thomas, Emma and Anna Sonderman and Aurora Henning; a brother, Lester "Bill" Thomson of Waukon. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Curtis who died in 2009; 5 sisters, Mildred Jordon, Gladys Wolfe, Eileen Howard, Evlyn Jones and Charlotte Deacon.
Honorary casketbearers are Wade and Cathryn Henning, Beth Knudsvig, Aryn Nichols, Benji Nichols, Stacia Sonderman, Devon Wagner, Coreen Troendle. Casketbearers are Tanner Henning, Dan Knudsvig, Rick Wagner, James and Justin Piggott and Mike Sonderman.
Betty Jean Piggott was born August 5, 1919 in Waukon, IA, the daughter of William James and Roxie E. (Olson) Thomson. She attended rural Allamakee Country Schools and graduated from Waukon High School in 1937. On March 9, 1943 she married James Curtis Piggott at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon. They farmed in Ludlow Township for many years, operating a dairy herd and raising beef cows, chickens, hogs and grain. Betty also worked at the Allamakee County ASCS office in Waukon and was a Dietary Aid and worked in the Home Health Care Department at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She was a member of the Ludlow Township Homemakers and the Allamakee County Farm Bureau. Betty enjoyed playing cards in her card club, playing the organ, crocheting and spending time with her family and friends.
Survivors include her children, Peggy (Ron) Henning of Decorah, IA and Greg (Rosella) Piggott of Waukon, IA; 7 grandchildren, Devon (Rick) Wagner, James and Justin Piggott, Stacia (Mike) Sonderman, Beth (Dan) Knudsvig, Wade (Cathryn Meyer) Henning and Aryn (Benji) Nichols; and 9 great-grandchildren, Tanner Henning, Danielle Wagner, Henry, Wyatt and Edith Knudsvig and Thomas, Emma and Anna Sonderman and Aurora Henning; a brother, Lester "Bill" Thomson of Waukon. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Curtis who died in 2009; 5 sisters, Mildred Jordon, Gladys Wolfe, Eileen Howard, Evlyn Jones and Charlotte Deacon.
Honorary casketbearers are Wade and Cathryn Henning, Beth Knudsvig, Aryn Nichols, Benji Nichols, Stacia Sonderman, Devon Wagner, Coreen Troendle. Casketbearers are Tanner Henning, Dan Knudsvig, Rick Wagner, James and Justin Piggott and Mike Sonderman.
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