Mrs. Betty Geraldine Wiedman

Betty Geraldine Shipp Wiedman, affectionately known as “Jeri”, of Roswell, GA died Thursday, March 15, 2018. She has lived around the Atlanta area for the last 20 years in Smyrna, Alpharetta, Cumming, and Gainesville. She was born in Kirkland, TX on November 29, 1927, the fourth of six children to Phocian and Lela Shipp. She moved to Hartselle, AL at the age of 10 and graduated from Morgan County High School in 1946. She attended Anderson Business School in Decatur, AL and worked at various places including Goodyear Mills, and Stuart & Bennett Mercantile. She was in the civil service at Craig Air Force Base in Selma, AL as a bookkeeper, where she met her husband, Duane A. Wiedman. They were married in Decatur, AL on September 22, 1951. She worked at Eglin AFB in Destin, FL and McDill AFB in Tampa as well as the AFB in Greenville, MS and Sumter, SC. Jeri and Duane raised their two children, Diana and David, primarily in the Washington DC area but in later years lived and worked in Tampa, FL, Daytona Beach, FL, Ormond Beach, FL. They moved to the Atlanta area in 1990, where they were active in several civic groups and their Methodist church. Jeri was known for her quick wit and wonderful sense of humor, her mental math skills, her meticulous sewing, her ability to tackle any home repair problem, and her love of family, the Alabama Crimson Tide, Atlanta Braves baseball and Washington Redskins football. At the age of 88 she won the Ms. RNRC pageant and was a semi-finalist in the Georgia Health Care Association Pageant. She served as the President, of the Residents Council of the RNRC. She celebrated her 90th birthday with family, attended the wedding of her granddaughter and was awaiting the birth of her first great grandchild. Betty “Jeri” Wiedman was preceded in death, by her husband of 63 years, Duane A. Wiedman, and is survived by her daughter, Diana Wilder Dalrymple (Cliff) of New Market, VA, her son, David R. Wiedman (Hollie) of Alpharetta, GA, grandchildren, Matthew Wilder, Jessica Wilder Mendes, (Thiago), Allison Wilder, Heather Wiedman, Brittany Wiedman and Bradley Wiedman. She was preceded in death by her sisters Ruby Mae Reed and Erlene Hobby, and her brother, Ferrell Shipp. She is survived by her sisters, Jo Beth Smith (Tommy) and Patsy Kinney, as well as numerous nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews. She was a fighter, sassy to the end, played bingo with a passion, loved penny auction, always asked where you’d been and what took you so long. She was greatly loved and will be missed every day. A Celebration of Life will be held at a future date. Donations can be made in her memory, to the charity of your choice, or to Roswell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (RNRC) with a note in the memo line saying “in memory of Betty Wiedman”. The RNRC address is 1109 Green Street, Roswell, GA 30075.

Mrs. Betty Geraldine Wiedman

November 29, 1927 - March 15, 2018