Betty Feikema, age 91, died Monday, September 17, 2007, at Brookview Manor in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, September 22, 2007, at the Volga Christian Reformed Church, with interment at 2:30 P.M. Saturday at Hillside Cemetery at Doon, Iowa. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Elizabeth Feikema was born February 29, 1916, to Bert and Gertrude (Van Beek)Int Veld at Rock Valley, Iowa, the oldest of seven children. She moved to the Bruce, South Dakota, area with her family as a young girl and attended public country school where she received an eighth grade education. She later worked at the South Dakota State College Extension Service as a clerical assistant. In the 1940s she moved to Iowa working as a farm assistant for an uncle and aunt, Louis and Teunie Van Leeuwen. While working for Uncle Louie, Betty met her future husband, Frank A. Feikema, of Doon, Iowa, who farmed two miles away. Frank and Betty were married February 11, 1949, at the Doon Christian Reformed Church. They lived in Doon for a short period of time before moving to Rock Rapids, Iowa, where Betty worked as a hot lunch cook at the public elementary school and Frank farmed with his brother Andrew. In 1961 they moved to rural Inwood, Iowa, and farmed until 1973. They then moved to South Dakota and actively farmed for two more years in Trent. Frank and Betty semi-retired near Flandreau for about two years and moved to a small farm outside of Brookings in 1978. Frank and Betty were devoted to their small herd of Jersey cows. Frank passed away in June of 1980, but Betty continued to maintain her interest and ownership in her Jerseys. Betty was a longtime member of the Volga Christian Reformed Church. She is best remembered for her Christian love and devotion to her family, her willingness to work long hours beside her husband, her joy and excitement over the arrival of each grandchild, and her unselfish commitment to her friends and neighbors. And...no one will ever beat Bettys apple pie. We thank our God for Bettys commitment to assuring her children and grandchildren received instruction in the Christian faith. Betty was never one to seek the headlines or the spotlights, but in February of 2004 at 88 years of age, following her surgery, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader featured her real 22nd birthday in a Leap Year Babies article. Betty was a resident of Brookview Manor since June, 2004, following surgery and at-home recovery for breast cancer. Betty is survived by her two sons, Alvin (Patricia) Feikema of Brandon, South Dakota, and Gerald Feikema of Brookings; three grandchildren: Andrew of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Renae of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Clark of Chicago, Illinois; three sisters: Wilhelmina (Cliff) McClard of Estelline, South Dakota, Cornelia Van Grouw of Inwood, Iowa, and Margaret (Delmar) Westra of Pella, Iowa; and three sisters-in-law, Mag IntVeld of Estelline, Jo Int Veld of Rock Valley, Iowa, and Alys Jacobsma of Sheldon, Iowa. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and her three brothers, Marten, Conrad, and Arie