Betty met Bill, her loving husband, in 1939 in Sunday school in Las Vegas, New Mexico. They later married in Chatham, NJ in 1946. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with friends and loved ones in 2016 in Colorado Springs, CO, where they had moved to be close to family.
Betty was quite active in her lifetime. She was secretary for Air Force Materiel Command in NYC while Bill was in the Army. The couple then moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico where Betty was a telephone operator, secretary to Chaplains In the Air Transport Command, and Assistant Registrar at New Mexico Highlands University. The couple lived in Colorado Springs and Denver before moving to Grand Junction, CO where they owned and operated a motel.
Betty volunteered teaching reading to foreign students, swimming to special needs children, scouts, and later on at St Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction. Through the years, Betty’s favorite pastimes were P.E.O activities, camping, fishing, photography, gardening, and reading, though her main love was being with family and friends. Betty had a great sense of humor and was fun to be with.
Betty is preceded in death by her husband Bill; sister, Peggy Dendy Donaldson; brother, Bill Dendy; parents, Fred and Margaret Dendy.
She is survived by her son, Fred Gerdeman of Colorado Springs; daughters, Susan Gerdeman of Grand Junction, and Becky (Howard) Drummond of Woodland Park, CO; granddaughters, Tracey (Jody) Hudson of Mack, CO and Stacey (John) McKinney of Lago Vista, TX; great grandchildren, Zach (Cassandra) Hudson, Brittany (Taylor) Cutshall, Casey Hudson, Dalton and Brock McKinney; great-great grandchildren, Kiley, Brody, Brantley and Ryker.
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