Obituary of C. Beth Tier

IN LOVING MEMORY OF C. BETH TIER C. Beth Tier, daughter of Frederick Louis and Elva Hazel (Ault) Ziegler, was born February 21, 1920, on a farm 6 miles south of Alma, Nebraska, and passed away March 2, 2014, at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas, at the age of 94. Beth attended elementary school at the Golden Rod School #58 and graduated from the Alma High School in 1936. She taught school while attending Midland College graduating "Magna Cum Laude" in 1944. In 1946, she married Joseph Tier making their first home in York, Nebraska. They also lived in Alma and Hastings, Nebraska, Almena, Kansas, and later moved to Norton in 1964. Beth taught school in Almena for 10 years and worked at the Norton State Hospital for 10 years. She later worked at the Norton Correctional Facility as a teacher in the education department and at the Andbe Home for several years Beth was a member of Norton First United Methodist Church, UMW, Avon Federated Club, and the Norton Business & Professional Women. She enjoyed playing piano and gardening but her greatest joy in life was spending time with her family. Survivors include: seven children, Anna Luhman, Hays, Kansas; Betty Jo, & husband, Lyle Luhman, Natoma, Kansas; Frances Tatkenhorst, and husband, Allen, Cuba, Missouri; Jane, and husband, Jay Hrabik, Lyons, Kansas; Noel, and wife, Geneva Tier, Norton; Evan, and wife Lisa, Great Bend, Kansas; and Margaret, and husband, Richard Wyatt, Norton; 15 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and two brothers, Wayne and Keith Ziegler. Memorials have been established to the Beth Tier Memorial Fund and the American Cancer Society.