Marcia L. Betts-Bowman

Marcia L. Betts-Bowman (formerly Marcia Duey), 57, of Sioux City lost her courageous battle with cancer Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, surrounded by her family.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Morningside Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Kevin Lee officiating. Private family graveside services will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service Thursday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel. Condolences may be sent online to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Marcia was born June 6, 1952, in Milford, Mich., the daughter of Glen and Marion (Patterson) Betts. She was raised in Milford and graduated from Milford High School.

She married John Minton and was blessed with a son, Robert Minton. She later married Ron Duey and was blessed with two children, Jill and Bethany Duey. On Aug. 10, 2002, she married Lee C. Bowman and was blessed with another daughter, Tina Bowman. She worked at MCI, Drugtown and finally at Qwest.

She enjoyed decorating and landscaping her home. She especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and family.

Survivors include her husband, Lee; her children, Robert Minton, Jill Pierce, Bethany (Jeremy) Marcoe and Tina Bowman, all of Sioux City; three grandchildren, Amber Minton, Jessica Pierce and Calvin Marcoe; her parents, Glen and Marion Betts of Michigan; two sisters, Patty (Skip) Hintz and Janice (Geoffrey) Schrock, all of Michigan; a brother, Glen (Linda) Betts of Michigan; several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Steve Bowman, Ray (Kay) Bowman, John (Shelley) Bowman, Jackie (Pete) Dezeuw and Gene (Molly) Bowman.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents; and her father-in-law, Francis Bowman.