Services for Betty

Here is the formal obituary for Betty McBride. A short summary like this can't capture the impact of a life. Her son, former mayor Kim Wheeler, said simply, "She was my mom and my best friend."

You will be missed, Betty. Rest in peace....
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Betty Jean McBride Ruston WA .

Betty Jean McBride died September 12, 2008, after a long and hard fought battle with terminal illnesses.

Born June 15, 1940 in Salt Lake City , UT she grew up and lived most of her working life in Salt Lake City , and Grand Junction CO . She moved to Ruston WA , 1990. She worked as an executive secretary in the Utah State surplus property division where she retired in 1989.

Surviving are her husband, Jackie McBride, of Ruston WA: son, Kim B. Wheeler, of Ruston WA ; daughter, Cynthia A. Shelton and husband, of Salt Lake City UT, three grandchildren, Josh Wheeler, of Tacoma WA, Jake Wheeler, of San Diego CA, and Garrett Wheeler, of Las Vegas, NV, and two sisters Sharon Hendrickson and Husband Roy, Sandy Hendrickson and Husband Ray and twenty nieces and nephews.

The services will be held at 3:00 pm, Wednesday, September 17 at Haven of Rest Gig Harbor, WA, Hwy 16.

Memorials may be made to Franciscan Hospice of , Tacoma WA

Arrangements are by Haven of Rest.