Elizabeth Rose “Betty” Kieper, 69

Elizabeth Rose “Betty” Kieper, 69, of Ferdinand, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013 in St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.

Betty was born April 18, 1944, in Ferdinand to Albert & Marcella (Kordes) Heidet. She married Edwin F. Kieper on November 25,1971 in St. Henry Church, Belleville, Ill.

Surviving are her husband Edwin F. “Ed” Kieper, two sons, Michael Kieper and his wife Michelle of Ferdinand, Stephen Kieper and his wife Melissa of Indianapolis; two daughters, Lisa Kieper of Nashville, Tenn. and Sherly Stephens and her husband Jacob of Evansville; and six grandchildren.