Betty Hanigan

Betty Irene (Sloth) Hanigan was born on January 16, 1923 in Viola Center, Iowa to parents Chris C. & Bertha M. (Higley) Sloth. She graduated from Viola Center High School. She graduated from Iowa State University in 1944 with a Home Economics Teaching Degree. She began teaching Home Ec & Science in Dunlap High School. On April 7, 1947 she married John Hanigan at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The couple farmed near Dunlap.

Betty was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Dunlap, member of Altar Society and Catholic Daughters. She had been a 4-H Leader, CCD teacher and enjoyed quilting, reading, traveling and time with family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a granddaughter Mary Piernicky. She is survived by her husband John T. Hanigan, Sr of Dunlap; three children Mary Catherine and her husband Mike Piernicky of Omaha and their two children Megan & Michael & his wife Jaime & their son Jack; John Thomas Hanigan, Jr. & his wife Kathleen of Dunlap and their two children Sarah and Rachel; Jeanne Marie & her husband Fred McMains of Underwood and their two children Nathan and Erin; sister Helen Dorn of Storm Lake, Iowa and many other relatives and friends.

Mass of Christian Burial
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Dunlap, Iowa
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at 10:30 AM

Celebrant Rev. Paul Strittmatter

Musician Marilyn Grote

Vocalist Katie Schaben

Selections
"Ava Maria"
"Be Not Afraid"
"One Bread One Body"

Pall Bearers
Dan Brosnahan Dick Hanigan
Jerry Jo Hanigan Jim Hanigan
Joe Klein Tom Klein

Final Resting Place
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Dunlap, Iowa

Fouts Funeral Home - Dunlap Iowa in charge of arrangements.