Nora ‘Betty’ Kier
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Nora “Betty” Kier, a resident of the Sitka Pioneers Home, peacefully passed away on Nov. 7, 2013, after a long solitude in a state of severe dementia.
Betty was born in Rochester, N.Y., on Feb. 8, 1924. She lived there for many years before coming to Alaska.
Betty and her husband, Harold “Butts” Kier, moved to Anchorage in 1975 and later moved to North Pole.
Betty worked her magic of bookkeeping for many years and loved feeding all the little critters who would visit the feeders she would religiously replenish daily. Betty would ring her “dinner” bell when her chore was complete, then stand aside and watch all God’s creatures come flocking to her feeders.
Betty actually had a baby moose she called Bullwinkle, and would feed him carrots from her hand. She treasured animals of all kinds. Betty was predeceased by her husband, Harold “Butts” Kier; and son Barry Kier, who died of cancer Oct. 7 in Sitka.
Surviving family are son Bruce and his wife Karen, Bradford, Vt.; daughter Noreen and her husband Vaughn Cloutier of Epping, N.H.; and grandson Eric John and his wife Brianne, Rochester, N.H.
Betty made the Sitka Pioneers Home her own in 2006. Her family expressed gratitude to the staff for their everyday care, devotion, support, and compassion that they gave to their mother.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Sitka Animal Shelter, 209 Jarvis Street, Sitka, Alaska.
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