ELIZABETH ANN BERGER

ELIZABETH (BETTY) ANN BERGER (WILLIS) 83 YEARS OLD, DIED AT HER PRESCOTT HOME ON MARCH15, 2013. SHE WAS BORN OCTOBER 2ND, 1929 IN BAKER, MONTANA TO CLAIR KEITH WILLIS AND ELIZABETH SIGRID(PETERSON) WILLIS. BETTY LIVED IN RHAME, N.D. UNTIL SHE WAS 51/2 YEARS OLD. HER FAMILY MOVED TO VASA, MN WHERE SHE GREW UP ON A FARM. BETTY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN RED WING, MN IN 1947. SHE GRADUATED IN 1969 FROM DICKINSON, ND STATE COLLEGE WITH A DEGREE IN NURSING. AFTER MOVING TO PRESCOTT, AZ IN 1990 SHE WORKED AT THE PIONEER HOME FOR 2 YEARS. IT WAS THERE HER IDEA FOR A BUSINESS STARTED. IN 1992, BETTY STARTED HER DREAM JOB , BECOMING THE PRESCOTT AREA'S "FOOT ANGEL". HER BUSINESS WAS GOING INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES AND LOVINGLY CARINF FOR THEIR FEET AND NAILS. THE BUSINESS GREW SO MUCH THAT WHEN SHE RETIRED IN APRIL, 2012, THERE WERE 3 MORE "FOOT ANGELS" TO CARRY ON THE BUSINESS. BETTY WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF AA, VERY INVOLVED AND LOVED BY HER HOME GROUP, THE SUNDAY A.M. WOMEN'S GROUP AT SAFE HARBOR. HER WARM HAND AND SMILE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO GREET THE NEWCOMERS, LETTING THEM KNOW HOW SPECIAL THEY WERE. HER ENTHUSIASM AND LOVE FOR LIVING A SOBER LIFE HAS TOUCHED MANY AND WILL BE MISSED BY THE AA RECOVERY COMMUNITY. SHE ALSO ENJOYED WEDNESDAY NIGHT "RARELY" GROUP AND THE SUMMER ROUNDUP'S. BETTY IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTERS, LINDA SHERMAN, NORA NADEAU (LARRY), KELI KELLY; GRANDCHILDREN, BEN SHERMAN (LEESA), RACHEL MERRIFIELD (CHAD), ALESHA SACCO (DAN), NAOMI NADEAU, JENNIE SCHULER (ARRON), ERIN DICKSON (PAUL), JOSHUA CHRISTENSEN, DAVID CHRISTENSEN LISA CHRISTENSEN, DOUGLAS YANCY, KATIE YANCY; GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, ALLISON SHERMAN, MATTIAS FICKE, GWENEVERE SCHULER, BRETT CHRISTENSEN, NATHAN SHERMAN, TILLY ROSE SCHULER; SIBLINGS CLAREEN BARRETT AND JOHN, ROSALIE DIERCKS, CLAIR WILLIS (MARLEEN), KAREN RAPP (RAY); COUSINS, MAE IONE HANDE, GENE JENSEN, ELROY PERERSON, FREDDIE PETERSON, AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS , CLAIR KEITH WILLIS, ELIZABETH WILLIS FANNING, FRANCIS FANNING, SISTER MARGIE PENFIELD, AND GRANDSON LARS NADEAU. A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR BETTY WILL BE HELD , SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2013 AT 10:00 A.M. AT SUNRISE FUNERAL HOME. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY SUGGESTS DONATIONS TO HORSES WITH H.E.A.R.T., A FAVORITE CHARITY OF BETTY'S, ADDRESS P.O. BOX 2427, CHINO VALLEY, AZ 86323.

ELIZABETH ANN BERGER

October 2, 1929 - March 15, 2013