Elizabeth T. Watson, 83, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. Born on February 21, 1931 in Fruitland Park, Florida, Betty was the youngest of the five children of Walter and Theresa Briles. Her family included Odilia, Cleo, Buster, and Babe (Glondolia). At a young age she moved with her mother to Hanover, Kansas, and later to Denver. Elizabeth married Jack Watson in 1947 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and they remained together for 45 years until his death in 1992. In that time, they raised three boys, Gary, Tom, and Jack Jr.. Elizabeth married a second time in 1994, taking Richard Crites in a wedding performed by Cleo’s husband, William Jolley, J.P., in Sheridan, Oregon. Richard passed away five years later. Betty loved to travel. She enjoyed working in the aviation industry, and for many years served as president of the Frontier Airlines Employees Club. Betty and Jack’s ashes will be scattered together in the Pacific ocean off the California coast on Valentine’s Day. The family kindly suggests donations to Hospice of the Valley, www.hov.org.
