Bettyesue Rivers Rivers Caproni

Bettyesue Rivers Caproni of Columbus, Georgia died at St. Francis Hospital on April 6, 2012. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, April 7, at 4:00 p.m., at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 4071 Macon Road, Columbus Georgia.

Mrs. Caproni was born September 8, 1931 in Negreet, Louisiana, the second child of Rufus Clifford and Lurline Arthur Rivers. Educated in the public schools of Sabine and Caddo Parishes of Louisiana, she graduated from Touro Infirmary School of Nursing, New Orleans, Louisiana, and holds a graduate degree in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia. She moved from the practice of nursing to teaching in 1964. Her teaching positions include the Medical Center School of Nursing and Cobb Memorial Practical Nursing Program under the auspices of the Manpower Development Training Act. She also taught practical nursing at Columbus Technical College before returning to the education of professional nurses by joining the faculty of Columbus State University. She retired from CSU in 1992 and was awarded Professor Emerita status in 1998.

In pursuit of her avocation, history, Mrs. Caproni graduated magna cum laude from Columbus State University at the same time as her son. She was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi and was a charter member of Phi Upsilon Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

In her retirement she became an award-winning quilter, a docent at the Columbus Museum and an avid bridge player.

Mrs. Caproni was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Rufus R. Rivers, and his wife Barbara Norman Alexander of Chalmette, Louisiana. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Albert Caproni, her three children, Albert III (Ruth Randall), Valerie and Bitsy C. Dedwylder (John), grandchildren Josephine Randall Caproni, Albert Caproni IV (Vittoria), William Bryson Caproni, John Davis Dedwylder, and Elizabeth Rivers Dedwylder, her sister Joe Anne Rivers Claborn, Joe Anne’s children, Richard Hingle (Renee) and Grant Hingle (Wanda), and other nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations to CSU Department of Nursing, 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, GA 31907 or to the charity of your choice.