Betty Jeanne Blakley

She was born in Aberdeen, WA on 12/13/1925. She moved to Packwood with her parents (Doug & Bernice Scott) where she help them manage the Packwood Hotel. In later years she worked at the Packwood Post Office and the Tatoosh Motel.

She attended the Chehalis Grade School and the Randle High School.

Betty married Cecil Blakley in July, 1945 in Packwood, WA where she spent the next 70 years until moving to live with her daughter Rhonda (Blakley) Flanigan in Rochester, WA.

Betty was a loving homemaker and mother. She liked doing Crochet, Quilting, Oil Painting, China Painting, metal etching and Square Dancing when she wasn’t busy housekeeping, gathering wild berries, canning fruits vegetables and Jams and cooking WONDERFUL food !

Most of all, she loved raising her children and hosting large family gatherings. She was the most patient person in the family.

Her husband of 62 years Cecil Blakley and son Bobbie Wayne Blakley preceded her in death. She is survived by her 3 remaining children, Donna (Blakley) Molesh, Rhonda (Blakley) Flaniagn, and Douglas Blakley along with10 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, 3 great great grandchildren and numerous Nephews and Nieces.

A service celebrating her life will be held at a later date in Packwood , WA.