She was the daughter of the late Harry and Mildred (Butler) Shaw. After high school, Betty went to work at the Mirror Recorder in Stamford, N.Y. She then transferred to the Times Journal in Cobleskill, N.Y. where she worked as a bookkeeper. Betty later relocated to Oneonta where she worked in the library at SUNY Oneonta and retired from after 10 years of service. Betty loved to read, garden, and listening and dancing to country music. She especially loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She is survived by her daughter Andrea (Dean) Huggins and her husband Reginald Huggins of Saratoga and her son Alan Dean and wife Tara of Bedford, NH; 4 grandchildren, Shavawn Waelsch, Ryan Dean, Shane Huggins and Shannon Dean; 5 great grandchildren, Aidan Huggins, Ellinor Huggins, Isabelle Waelsch, Esmae Aaron Huggins, and Logan Dean. She is also survived by her sister Joan (Shaw) Wollaber, Cobleskill and several nieces and nephews.
Betty was predeceased by her grandson Aaron Huggins as well as her brothers, Richard Shaw, Carl Shaw, and Gerald Shaw.
A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 1pm, in the Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main Street, Oneonta, with Rev. John Wessells, officiating.
Friends may call at the Bookhout Funeral Home from 11am until 1pm at which time the family will be in attendance.
Burial will be private and in the spring in Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in memory of her grandson Aaron L. Huggins to the Center for Donation and Transplant, 218 Great Oaks Blvd., Albany, New York 12203.
To light a candle or send an online condolence, visit www.bookhoutfuneralhome.com
Arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta.
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