Betty LaVaun McCabe, daughter of James W. and Eva (Corson) McCabe, was born in Modesto, California and died in Myrtle Creek, Oregon after a three year battle with cancer.
She is a descendant of early Stanislaus County families, McCabes, Fitzpatricks, and Patrones.
Betty attended local schools and graduated from Modesto High School in 1940. She met Don Richards in High School. They married in November of 1941 and had three children. After Don's death Betty met and married Blake Deadmond of Modesto. They had two children.
Betty worked many years as a waitress at the lunch counter in the San Francisco Fruit Market on Ninth Street in Modesto (later Angelo's Market).
In 1984 Betty joined the Board of the Modesto Citizen's Cemetery and later served as President of the Board. She started working in the Cemetery as a volunteer and then as a paid employee. While there, in close conjunction with the Stanislaus County Genealogical Society, she diligently updated and corrected the Cemetery records. From 1995-2003 Betty was the Office Manager for both Modesto Citizen's Cemetery and Modesto Pioneer Cemetery. In 2003 she retired from both Cemeteries and moved to Myrtle Creek, Oregon.
Betty was preceded in death by both husbands, son, Melvin Deadmond (cystic fibrosis), and step-son, Bill Dickens.
She leaves her son, Jim (wife, Tanya) Richards of Reno, Nevada; daughter, Janice Skiles of Escalon; son and caretaker, Glen Richards of Myrtle Creek, Oregon; daughter, Marla (husband, Adam) Fisher of Hilmar; and step-daughter, Dee Oaks of Modesto; ten grandchildren; and seventeen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and several cousins.
A Graveside Service will be held on Friday, February 15, 2013, at 10:00 AM at Lakewood Cemetery in Hughson.
Published in the Modesto Bee from February 13 to February 14, 2013.
She is a descendant of early Stanislaus County families, McCabes, Fitzpatricks, and Patrones.
Betty attended local schools and graduated from Modesto High School in 1940. She met Don Richards in High School. They married in November of 1941 and had three children. After Don's death Betty met and married Blake Deadmond of Modesto. They had two children.
Betty worked many years as a waitress at the lunch counter in the San Francisco Fruit Market on Ninth Street in Modesto (later Angelo's Market).
In 1984 Betty joined the Board of the Modesto Citizen's Cemetery and later served as President of the Board. She started working in the Cemetery as a volunteer and then as a paid employee. While there, in close conjunction with the Stanislaus County Genealogical Society, she diligently updated and corrected the Cemetery records. From 1995-2003 Betty was the Office Manager for both Modesto Citizen's Cemetery and Modesto Pioneer Cemetery. In 2003 she retired from both Cemeteries and moved to Myrtle Creek, Oregon.
Betty was preceded in death by both husbands, son, Melvin Deadmond (cystic fibrosis), and step-son, Bill Dickens.
She leaves her son, Jim (wife, Tanya) Richards of Reno, Nevada; daughter, Janice Skiles of Escalon; son and caretaker, Glen Richards of Myrtle Creek, Oregon; daughter, Marla (husband, Adam) Fisher of Hilmar; and step-daughter, Dee Oaks of Modesto; ten grandchildren; and seventeen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and several cousins.
A Graveside Service will be held on Friday, February 15, 2013, at 10:00 AM at Lakewood Cemetery in Hughson.
Published in the Modesto Bee from February 13 to February 14, 2013.
Betty LaVaun McCabe, daughter of James W. and Eva (Corson) McCabe, was born in Modesto, California and died in Myrtle Creek, Oregon after a three year battle with cancer.
She is a descendant of early Stanislaus County families, McCabes, Fitzpatricks, and Patrones.
Betty attended local schools and graduated from Modesto High School in 1940. She met Don Richards in High School. They married in November of 1941 and had three children. After Don's death Betty met and married Blake Deadmond of Modesto. They had two children.
Betty worked many years as a waitress at the lunch counter in the San Francisco Fruit Market on Ninth Street in Modesto (later Angelo's Market).
In 1984 Betty joined the Board of the Modesto Citizen's Cemetery and later served as President of the Board. She started working in the Cemetery as a volunteer and then as a paid employee. While there, in close conjunction with the Stanislaus County Genealogical Society, she diligently updated and corrected the Cemetery records. From 1995-2003 Betty was the Office Manager for both Modesto Citizen's Cemetery and Modesto Pioneer Cemetery. In 2003 she retired from both Cemeteries and moved to Myrtle Creek, Oregon.
Betty was preceded in death by both husbands, son, Melvin Deadmond (cystic fibrosis), and step-son, Bill Dickens.
She leaves her son, Jim (wife, Tanya) Richards of Reno, Nevada; daughter, Janice Skiles of Escalon; son and caretaker, Glen Richards of Myrtle Creek, Oregon; daughter, Marla (husband, Adam) Fisher of Hilmar; and step-daughter, Dee Oaks of Modesto; ten grandchildren; and seventeen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and several cousins.
A Graveside Service will be held on Friday, February 15, 2013, at 10:00 AM at Lakewood Cemetery in Hughson.
Published in the Modesto Bee from February 13 to February 14, 2013.
She is a descendant of early Stanislaus County families, McCabes, Fitzpatricks, and Patrones.
Betty attended local schools and graduated from Modesto High School in 1940. She met Don Richards in High School. They married in November of 1941 and had three children. After Don's death Betty met and married Blake Deadmond of Modesto. They had two children.
Betty worked many years as a waitress at the lunch counter in the San Francisco Fruit Market on Ninth Street in Modesto (later Angelo's Market).
In 1984 Betty joined the Board of the Modesto Citizen's Cemetery and later served as President of the Board. She started working in the Cemetery as a volunteer and then as a paid employee. While there, in close conjunction with the Stanislaus County Genealogical Society, she diligently updated and corrected the Cemetery records. From 1995-2003 Betty was the Office Manager for both Modesto Citizen's Cemetery and Modesto Pioneer Cemetery. In 2003 she retired from both Cemeteries and moved to Myrtle Creek, Oregon.
Betty was preceded in death by both husbands, son, Melvin Deadmond (cystic fibrosis), and step-son, Bill Dickens.
She leaves her son, Jim (wife, Tanya) Richards of Reno, Nevada; daughter, Janice Skiles of Escalon; son and caretaker, Glen Richards of Myrtle Creek, Oregon; daughter, Marla (husband, Adam) Fisher of Hilmar; and step-daughter, Dee Oaks of Modesto; ten grandchildren; and seventeen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and several cousins.
A Graveside Service will be held on Friday, February 15, 2013, at 10:00 AM at Lakewood Cemetery in Hughson.
Published in the Modesto Bee from February 13 to February 14, 2013.
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