The last twelve years of Betty’s life challenged her independent nature and she found herself needing the support of assisted living and eventually a nursing home. Betty began teaching at Central School in the fall of 1961 after Bob died in a fishing accident. They lived in Glendive, MT prior to moving to Helena in 1957.
Army during World War II, Betty worked in a cookie factory, drove a public transportation bus in Salt Lake City, and taught in Billings.Īfter the war, Betty and Bob had three children – Sunny Ray, Merry Gay and John Jay. In 1942, while teaching in Mildred, MT she met and married Robert G. She attended schools in Pompey’s Pillar and Warden, and graduated in 1939 from Montana State College in Bozeman.
She died peacefully of natural causes at the age of 97.īetty and her twin sister were born to Dutch immigrants, Onno and Diana Pesman on Novemin Pompey’s Pillar, MT. Sando, of Helena, MT passed away Monday, February 16, 2015.
