Betty Slaymaker Spores, 66, died peacefully November 25, 2005 after battling colon cancer.  Family and friends may attend a remembrance of Betty's life Monday, November 28 at Brosh Chapel, Cedar Rapids from 4:30 to 6:30 pm.  Services will be held at 10:30 am on Tuesday, November 29 at Brosh Chapel by Chaplain Dave King of Amenity Hospice.  Burial will follow at Koszta Cemetery.

Survivors include two daughters Rachel (Doyle) Pettit and Rose Slaymaker (Tim Nemec), brother Gilbert Jr. (Monica) Morley, sister Dorothy Wright, uncle Art (Mary) Gorsh, and aunt Edna (Arnold) Heck, four grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, two nieces, and one nephew along with special friends Arlene and Pappy Phillips and Pam Klemetson.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and brother.

Betty was born in North English February 15, 1939 and graduated from Washington High School in 1958.  She married Thomas Slaymaker in June 1959.  After Thomas was hit and killed by an automobile in 1971, she married Glenn Spores in 1985.  Betty worked in a variety of service and caring positions throughout her life, attended Cedar Rapids Baptist Church, and enjoyed her friends at Witwer and Milestones.  She was an incredibly loving, caring, and generous mother who will be greatly missed.

Rachel and Rose extend a special thank you to the dedicated staff of Amenity Hospice and Living Center East whose compassion made a positive impact on the quality of Mom's final months.

Instead of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.