Betty lived the last nine years well cared for in a care home in Agassiz close to her daughter Lark. Betty was born in Port Alberni to homesteading parents who had immigrated from (father) Yugoslavia and (mother)Germany. Her father logged the street that they lived on in Port Alberni to clear the property for further home development.
As a young woman Betty’s adventurous spirit was nurtured when she joined her father and brother on hunting trips. She remained an avid outdoors woman and became a devoted naturalist and accomplished horse woman. Betty was a woman with endurance and drive, qualities that sustained her as she worked at the plywood plant in Port Alberni to earn her university tuition to study agriculture. She met my father Andy at UBC in the agricultural program. In 1952 at age 27 she and Andy moved to Quesnel, BC from Vancouver Island when Andy followed a job in the booming logging industry to drive logging truck for Joe Garner. Betty took a job in the office at Patchett sawmill and continued to utilize her bookkeeping and accounting skills working as a legal secretary and doing bookkeeping for several horse clubs.
Betty and Andy divorced and Betty built her own house on acreage with the help of her brother in Bouchie Lake. Betty continued to raise and breed Tennessee walking horses and to pursue many outdoor activities Including skiing and trailblazing. Her contributions to Quesnel as a naturalist and outdoors woman were recognized when she was awarded the 1994 citizen of the year reward. Betty is the person that proposed that blooming flower baskets be hung all along Front Street and the river walk.
Betty is survived by her daughter Lark and son-in- law Rick Wittig.
Graveside service to be held 1:00pm, Friday October 4, 2019 at Greenwood Cemetery, Port Alberni, BC.,
Reception to follow at Chapel of Memories Arrowsmith Room, 4005 6th.Ave., Port Alberni., BC
Partager l'avis de décès
v.1.9.6