Betty Ann Haggenmacher

Betty Ann Haggenmacher, 93, of Jonesboro, passed from this life on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at her home. She was born in Winner, South Dakota, and moved to Jonesboro in a covered wagon when she was 4 years old.  Her parents, Claude and Emma Hart, completed this major cross-country journey to this area, where she lived the rest of her life.  She worked at Pfeifer-Blass Department Store, which later became Dillards Department Store for over 38 years.  Due to the love she had for her work family, she would work off-of-the-clock on Friday and Saturday nights, so the girls in her department could have a date.  The time she spent helping the “younger” generation was never forgotten by her employees.  While at Dillards, she was a “Pace-Setter”  obtaining many service and sales awards. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Junior Haggenmacher; three sisters, Norma Daugherty, Billie Kay Caldwell, and Hazel Carter; three brothers, Howard Hart, Glenn Hart and Grady Hart.

Survivors include her son, Mark Haggenmacher and Debbie Demirorz of Little Rock; grandchildren, Tyler Haggenmacher and Patrick Haggenmacher and one great grandchild, Miles Haggenmacher.

The family wants to give special thanks to her caregivers, Sue Haggenmacher, her daughter-in-law, whom she thought of as a daughter; Frank Trusty, Tonya Jones, Brittany Jenkins, Marla Simpson, Felicia Caruthers, Jennifer Long and Dirksen Hospice.

All services will be private under the direction of Emerson Funeral Home.  For lasting memorials, the family requests you please consider: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place • Memphis, TN 38105. To sign an online guestbook, go to emersonfuneralhome.com.