ELIZABETH “BETSY” KING, 78, a former teacher, devoted wife, and loving parent and grand-parent, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, surrounded by her loving daughters, Katharine Ann King, Leslie Bryant King and Sandra Dickson King and her grand-daughter, Jennifer King Marks.
Born in Springfield MA, on Aug. 2, 1934, she attended Northampton School for Girls, graduating in 1952 and then went to Wheelock College earning a degree in Early Childhood Education.
She married her hometown sweet-heart, Bill King on Aug. 18, 1956.
Following Bill’s retirement from IBM, Betsy and Bill became part owners of Five Star Travel in Hopewell Junction NY, taking full advantage of all the perks.
In 1989, they moved to Colorado Springs CO, to enjoy the Western life style. Bill and Betsy returned East to Morris CT in 1994, where they enjoyed horseback riding, hiking in the Litchfield Hills, and canoeing. In 1999, they moved to Heritage Village and continued to enjoy travels to exotic lands and wintering in warm places. Following Bill’s death in 2011, Betsy moved to The Quadrangle in Haverford PA to be closer to family. Despite missing Bill greatly, Betsy continued to expand her horizons, traveling solo, organizing bridge games, exploring Phila., joining the iG, getting her ears pierced and even becoming a model. She loved going to Jennifer’s concerts, visiting family and friends and walking her little dog, Tia.
Betsy touched the lives of everyone she knew and will be missed.
I remember Betsey as a cheerful, friendly girl who always had a nice smile for everyone. Please accept my condolences.
To Betsy’s family; I am sending belated condolences to all of you. I had not been following the Williston Northampton news until recently when I became Class Agent. The post had been vacant for quite a few years.
I have our yearbook here, and I see that she was in the Riding Club back then . Betsy was a student at NSFG longer than most in our class. We used quotes from the Mary Poppins story as a theme for in our book. Beside her photo I find, ‘Three meals are not enough! Now you want horses! Are you sure you would not prefer a camel” “No, thank you. Just horses.” From her life story, horses were her pleasure. Please accept my condolences for your loss.