05/12/1992
Services for Betty Jane (Worrall) Leeper, 66, of Knoxville, who passed away May 12, 1992, at the
Knoxville Area Community Hospital was held on May 27 at Evans-McCleery Funeral Home.
Burial was at Graceland cemetery. Rev. Ken MacLeod officiated the services.
Music was provided by soloist Barb Marvelli and organist Jim Kidder.
Casketbearers Alfred Worrall, Roy Worrall, Dean Jones, Art Worrall, Charles Martin, and David Leeper.
Mrs. Leeper was born June 7, 1925, in Knoxville, the daughter of Arthur and Bertha Worrall.
She graduated from Knoxville High School in 1943.
She married Roscoe Leeper on March 6, 1943, in Princeton, Mo.
They have lived their entire married lives in Knoxville. Mrs. Leeper was a mother and homemaker.
She enjoyed flowers, going fishing, and collecting antiques. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters,
Delta Hegwood and Lola Stuerwald, and four brothers, Glenn, Delmar, Roy, and William.
She is survived by her husband of Knoxville; one son, Dennis of Pella; daughter, Sherilyn Slofkosky of Knoxville; two sisters,
Irene and her husband Idris Martin of Knoxville, Hazel Worrall of Waterloo; one brother,
James of Knoxville; two grandchildren, Dyan Lobel and Michael Slofkosky, both of Knoxville, and one great-granddaughter, Caitlin Mitchell of
Knoxville and many other relatives and friends.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Christian Opportunity Center in Pella.