Betty may have been the most influential person in my life. Her voice rings in my head every day with such gems as: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matt 7:21 and Luke 12:34. "A prophet is not without honor save in his own land" Matt 13:57 and Mark 6:4. "Your face . . . is a book where men may read strange matters" Macbeth, I,v,63. She continues to light my way.
The first time I met Betty was at a meeting in her office at Planned Parenthood. I was taking off my jacket and Betty asked if she could take it for me. I said I would just hang it on the door knob. She drew herself up to her full, regal height and replied, "Door knobs are for transmitting sexual diseases, I shall hang up your jacket for you!"
Betty you were my friend and mentor for over 30 years.
I will miss your smile and humor. HAIL OUR SUPREME HOG!!!!!
Betty was a treasure. I'll never forget the lessons she taught and the laughter she created. My heart aches. I will miss her.
I'm very sad to hear Betty has passed on. In 2001 I was visiting my girlfriend (who is now my wife) in St. Louis where she attended college. I was traveling from Omaha, NE, and I blew a tire at the galleria mall. Betty stopped, picked us up and drove us to a tire repair shop so we could get our car back on the road.
I only knew Betty through this one random act of kindness, and it is so...
Betty loved to travel to England and I recently sent her a link to a site on Kew Gardens. Her reply was as follows.
Allison, this is a great site! Thanks for sending it. Have I told you more than a thousand times that the Public Record Office is at Kew? In 1992 I went to that office because a close friend from St Louis had joined the RAF in 1941 before Germany declared war on us and was ...
