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Parents- Samuel Baxter and Helen Swihura Baxter
Husband- Robert (Bob) F. Cavanaugh
She married Bob 11/28/1969.
She was a Frederick County School teacher.
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Obituary
Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen "Betsy" (nee Baxter) Cavanaugh, 63, of Middletown, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She was the wife for just more than 41 years of Robert "Bob" Francis, whom she married Nov. 28, 1969, in Chapel 1 at Lowry AFB, Denver. Born Oct. 4, 1947, in East Islip, N.Y., she was the daughter of Samuel Baxter and his late wife, Helen (Swihura) Baxter.
Betsy was a 1965 graduate of Trinity High School, Georgetown, and a 1969 alumnus of Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa. Her M.A. degree was from Hood College. After college, Betsy was a Red Cross worker at Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, Calif. Her husband was assigned there during the Vietnam War. She was assigned to the Family Service Unit.
At the end of the war, she began her 36-year teaching career with Frederick County Public Schools. She taught at South Frederick Elementary and Middletown Middle School.
Betsy was a founding member and active parishioner at Holy Family Catholic Community in Middletown. She and her husband were the first social members of Hollow Creek Golf Club. Betsy enjoyed tennis, golf, was an avid reader, and enjoyed decorating her home and entertaining in it. She shared her husband's passion for travel.
Mrs. Cavanaugh is survived by two sisters, Nancy Seiss and husband Wayne of Millersville and Janie Bryden and husband Jerry of Axle, Texas; and a brother, Steven and wife Susan Baxter of Woodbine. Also surviving are nieces; nephews; great-nieces; and great-nephews.
The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 15, in Holy Family Catholic Community, 7321 Burkittsville Road, Middletown. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at noon in the church. Monsignor Robert J. Jaskot and the Rev. John Moore, pastor emeritus, will co-officiate. Interment will follow at Christ Reformed United Church of Christ Cemetery, Middletown.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cavanaugh Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o The Community Foundation of Frederick County, 312 E. Church St., Frederick, MD 21701 or by visiting cffredco.org. The endowment fund was established by the Cavanaugh estate to provide scholarships, as well as financial aid, for students going to college who have graduated from Middletown High School, or to Holy Family Catholic Community at the above address. Contributions are tax deductible.
Arrangements are by Keeney and Basford, P.A., Funeral Home, Frederick.
Published by The Frederick News-Post on Jan. 14, 2011
Parents- Samuel Baxter and Helen Swihura Baxter
Husband- Robert (Bob) F. Cavanaugh
She married Bob 11/28/1969.
She was a Frederick County School teacher.
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Obituary
Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen "Betsy" (nee Baxter) Cavanaugh, 63, of Middletown, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She was the wife for just more than 41 years of Robert "Bob" Francis, whom she married Nov. 28, 1969, in Chapel 1 at Lowry AFB, Denver. Born Oct. 4, 1947, in East Islip, N.Y., she was the daughter of Samuel Baxter and his late wife, Helen (Swihura) Baxter.
Betsy was a 1965 graduate of Trinity High School, Georgetown, and a 1969 alumnus of Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa. Her M.A. degree was from Hood College. After college, Betsy was a Red Cross worker at Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, Calif. Her husband was assigned there during the Vietnam War. She was assigned to the Family Service Unit.
At the end of the war, she began her 36-year teaching career with Frederick County Public Schools. She taught at South Frederick Elementary and Middletown Middle School.
Betsy was a founding member and active parishioner at Holy Family Catholic Community in Middletown. She and her husband were the first social members of Hollow Creek Golf Club. Betsy enjoyed tennis, golf, was an avid reader, and enjoyed decorating her home and entertaining in it. She shared her husband's passion for travel.
Mrs. Cavanaugh is survived by two sisters, Nancy Seiss and husband Wayne of Millersville and Janie Bryden and husband Jerry of Axle, Texas; and a brother, Steven and wife Susan Baxter of Woodbine. Also surviving are nieces; nephews; great-nieces; and great-nephews.
The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 15, in Holy Family Catholic Community, 7321 Burkittsville Road, Middletown. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at noon in the church. Monsignor Robert J. Jaskot and the Rev. John Moore, pastor emeritus, will co-officiate. Interment will follow at Christ Reformed United Church of Christ Cemetery, Middletown.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cavanaugh Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o The Community Foundation of Frederick County, 312 E. Church St., Frederick, MD 21701 or by visiting cffredco.org. The endowment fund was established by the Cavanaugh estate to provide scholarships, as well as financial aid, for students going to college who have graduated from Middletown High School, or to Holy Family Catholic Community at the above address. Contributions are tax deductible.
Arrangements are by Keeney and Basford, P.A., Funeral Home, Frederick.
Published by The Frederick News-Post on Jan. 14, 2011
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Parents- Samuel Baxter and Helen Swihura Baxter
Husband- Robert (Bob) F. Cavanaugh
She married Bob 11/28/1969.
She was a Frederick County School teacher.
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Obituary
Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen "Betsy" (nee Baxter) Cavanaugh, 63, of Middletown, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She was the wife for just more than 41 years of Robert "Bob" Francis, whom she married Nov. 28, 1969, in Chapel 1 at Lowry AFB, Denver. Born Oct. 4, 1947, in East Islip, N.Y., she was the daughter of Samuel Baxter and his late wife, Helen (Swihura) Baxter.
Betsy was a 1965 graduate of Trinity High School, Georgetown, and a 1969 alumnus of Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa. Her M.A. degree was from Hood College. After college, Betsy was a Red Cross worker at Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, Calif. Her husband was assigned there during the Vietnam War. She was assigned to the Family Service Unit.
At the end of the war, she began her 36-year teaching career with Frederick County Public Schools. She taught at South Frederick Elementary and Middletown Middle School.
Betsy was a founding member and active parishioner at Holy Family Catholic Community in Middletown. She and her husband were the first social members of Hollow Creek Golf Club. Betsy enjoyed tennis, golf, was an avid reader, and enjoyed decorating her home and entertaining in it. She shared her husband's passion for travel.
Mrs. Cavanaugh is survived by two sisters, Nancy Seiss and husband Wayne of Millersville and Janie Bryden and husband Jerry of Axle, Texas; and a brother, Steven and wife Susan Baxter of Woodbine. Also surviving are nieces; nephews; great-nieces; and great-nephews.
The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 15, in Holy Family Catholic Community, 7321 Burkittsville Road, Middletown. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at noon in the church. Monsignor Robert J. Jaskot and the Rev. John Moore, pastor emeritus, will co-officiate. Interment will follow at Christ Reformed United Church of Christ Cemetery, Middletown.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cavanaugh Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o The Community Foundation of Frederick County, 312 E. Church St., Frederick, MD 21701 or by visiting cffredco.org. The endowment fund was established by the Cavanaugh estate to provide scholarships, as well as financial aid, for students going to college who have graduated from Middletown High School, or to Holy Family Catholic Community at the above address. Contributions are tax deductible.
Arrangements are by Keeney and Basford, P.A., Funeral Home, Frederick.
Published by The Frederick News-Post on Jan. 14, 2011
Parents- Samuel Baxter and Helen Swihura Baxter
Husband- Robert (Bob) F. Cavanaugh
She married Bob 11/28/1969.
She was a Frederick County School teacher.
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Obituary
Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen "Betsy" (nee Baxter) Cavanaugh, 63, of Middletown, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She was the wife for just more than 41 years of Robert "Bob" Francis, whom she married Nov. 28, 1969, in Chapel 1 at Lowry AFB, Denver. Born Oct. 4, 1947, in East Islip, N.Y., she was the daughter of Samuel Baxter and his late wife, Helen (Swihura) Baxter.
Betsy was a 1965 graduate of Trinity High School, Georgetown, and a 1969 alumnus of Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa. Her M.A. degree was from Hood College. After college, Betsy was a Red Cross worker at Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, Calif. Her husband was assigned there during the Vietnam War. She was assigned to the Family Service Unit.
At the end of the war, she began her 36-year teaching career with Frederick County Public Schools. She taught at South Frederick Elementary and Middletown Middle School.
Betsy was a founding member and active parishioner at Holy Family Catholic Community in Middletown. She and her husband were the first social members of Hollow Creek Golf Club. Betsy enjoyed tennis, golf, was an avid reader, and enjoyed decorating her home and entertaining in it. She shared her husband's passion for travel.
Mrs. Cavanaugh is survived by two sisters, Nancy Seiss and husband Wayne of Millersville and Janie Bryden and husband Jerry of Axle, Texas; and a brother, Steven and wife Susan Baxter of Woodbine. Also surviving are nieces; nephews; great-nieces; and great-nephews.
The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 15, in Holy Family Catholic Community, 7321 Burkittsville Road, Middletown. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at noon in the church. Monsignor Robert J. Jaskot and the Rev. John Moore, pastor emeritus, will co-officiate. Interment will follow at Christ Reformed United Church of Christ Cemetery, Middletown.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cavanaugh Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o The Community Foundation of Frederick County, 312 E. Church St., Frederick, MD 21701 or by visiting cffredco.org. The endowment fund was established by the Cavanaugh estate to provide scholarships, as well as financial aid, for students going to college who have graduated from Middletown High School, or to Holy Family Catholic Community at the above address. Contributions are tax deductible.
Arrangements are by Keeney and Basford, P.A., Funeral Home, Frederick.
Published by The Frederick News-Post on Jan. 14, 2011
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