Betty Deane

From: Garrett Maher <maher.garrett@gmail.com>
To: Mom-Mom <mmteeple@verizon.net>
Date: Sep 15, 2013 5:30 PM
Subject: Betty Deane

Hi Mom-Mom,
Today we remembered my Great Grandmother, Betty Deane. She was born on June 18, 1925 to John and Camilla Jett. From the age of two Great Grandmom was raised by her mom’s sister and her husband, Anne and Alan Gordon.

She grew up in Bolton Hill and was a graduate of Western High School. After going to nursing school at the Women's Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore she worked at City Hospital Pediatrics where she met Great Grand Pop. They got married in 1947 and had five children; Aunt Nancy, Aunt Barbara, Grand Pop, Uncle John and Aunt Anne.

Grand Pop has told me stories about Great Grandmom. She was an intelligent, adaptive, strong woman. She loved to be with different types of people and really enjoyed music, art and horses. She was animated and enthusiastic in expression and was known for her very contagious laugh. 

Before I was born she moved to Nashville, TN to live with Uncle John and Aunt Natasha. I met her once on a visit to Granville. We had fun laughing together. She died on June 1, 2013. My cousins and I helped shovel the dirt today as she was laid to rest at Epiphany Episcopal Church in Timonium, MD.