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Betty Harriet White Wilson

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Birth	:	18 May 1925 Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington, USA
Death	:	11 Nov 2011 Colfax, Whitman County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Whitman County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.8891983, -117.3494034
Plot	:	Masonic Addition, Lot 14, Grave 3
Inscription	:	Married Sept. 9, 1951
Description	:	Betty Harriet (White) Wilson of Colfax, Washington passed away on November 11, 2011. She was born in Pomeroy, Washington on May 18, 1925 to Sammie A. and Gladys Hutchens White. In 1937 the family began farming in the Green Hollow area near Colfax. Betty graduated from Colfax High School in 1944. She was proud to be a Bulldog and enjoyed attending class reunions. She worked as a telephone operator for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph and later as a switchboard operator for Washington State University. Recently, Betty was employed by the Daily Bulletin as a carrier for Route 1. She enjoyed... Read More	Betty Harriet (White) Wilson of Colfax, Washington passed away on November 11, 2011. She was born in Pomeroy, Washington on May 18, 1925 to Sammie A. and Gladys Hutchens White. In 1937 the family began farming in the Green Hollow area near Colfax. Betty graduated from Colfax High School in 1944. She was proud to be a Bulldog and enjoyed attending class reunions. She worked as a telephone operator for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph and later as a switchboard operator for Washington State University. Recently, Betty was employed by the Daily Bulletin as a carrier for Route 1. She enjoyed the exercise and interaction with staff and her customers. Betty married Elmer J. Wilson on September 9, 1951, at her parents' home. They began their married life working as a hired hand and cook on a ranch. Later, they moved to Palouse and then retired to Colfax in 1989. Betty participated in 4-H as a young girl and later as a leader of the Tricky Fingers 4-H Club. She was also a member of the Parvin Grange and later the North-South Palouse Grange. She enjoyed following her children's and grandchildren's activities, sewing, gardening, fishing, mushroom hunting in the Blue Mountains, going to yard sales and the Grandmother's Thrift Shop, and solving Sudoku puzzles. Betty was preceded in death by her husband in 1996, her parents, and her favorite son-in-law, Gary Floether. She is survived by one daughter, Nancy Floether of Odessa, WA; her sons and daughters-in-law, Monty and Carolyn Wilson of Colfax and Richard and Prisca Wilson of Spokane Valley, WA.; her grandchildren, Jennifer (Josh) Rankin, Adam Wilson, Keith Wilson, Katie Wilson, Matt (Brittany) Wilson, and Kyle Wilson; and great-grandsons, Garrett Farrage, Jude Wilson, and Kadin Rankin; her sister Helen Feragen of Glendive, MT; brother Donald E. White of Colfax; two nieces, four nephews; as well as cousins, friends, and customers on her route. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, November 17th at 11:00 am in the chapel of Bruning Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Colfax Cemetery.

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Betty Harriet White Wilson death on 11 Nov 2011 in Colfax, Whitman County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 46.8891983
Longitude: -117.3494034

Family Members:

Parent

Samuel A “Sammie” White

(1892 - 1971)

Gladys Rosalie Hutchens White

(1902 - 1973)

Spouse

Elmer Jay Wilson

(1916 - 1996)

Siblings

Donald Eugene White

(1933 - 2017)

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