Betty was a generous person who loved her children and grandchildren. She had three children, and when she met her beloved husband Ron, she met his children who she loved and considered her own family. When grandchildren and great grandchildren came along, she delighted in them and loved them.
She was kind and considerate and always had an ear for people. Betty's best day wasn't anything grand, it was sitting in front of the TV with a cigarette and a strong mug of tea, watching Coronation Street. One of her last trips out was to the set of Coronation Street, where she was able to stand on the cobbles herself. She loved reading fiction and non-fiction alike.
It is the small things, the intangible, unobserved things that are the glue holding a life together, and Betty had beautiful handwriting, could add up an long list of numbers in her head, had a wonderful telephone manner and wrote poetry. She never forgot a birthday. She cooked lovely meals that sustained. She worked as a telephonist connecting people, and later she worked caring for people.
Caring, generous, nourishing, loving – what more could be asked of a person?
She was a woman of great faith. Even through times of great adversity in her life, she believed that there would be a better day. Betty often talked about being reunited with her parents, who she loved very much, in eternal life.
Everyone who knew Betty knew that she had a brilliant sense of humour. She was smiling right up to the last day of her life and her love and laughter will be greatly missed.
Jacqueline Ward
02/12/2018
