Elizabeth "Betty" Standiford

Betty was born in Nijmegen, Holland, and, as a child, witnessed the "Liberation" of her hometown by the Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division, freeing them from the German occupiers. Her father and mother, Francis and Elizabeth Schretlen, moved with her to Staten Island, NY to begin a new life. Betty was 12 years old. She went to Notre Dame Academy and then Wagner College. She married Richard Charlton and they moved to NJ, where they raised their 6 children on a small farm. She was extremely active in her children's schooling and became President of the PTO. She earned her Master's Degree in Social Work from Rutgers University while she was in her 40's and studied at the Catholic Biblical School in Denver. She spent many years volunteering in schools, her church, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum and the Catholic Worker House. She also helped many others in her social work career. She married Dick Standiford in 1992 and moved to Cheyenne, WY and then retired in Denver, CO. Betty loved quilting, flowers, reading, music, traveling and laughing with Dick, and also playing with her grandchildren. She was a woman of strong faith and completed her faith journey by walking hundreds of miles on the El Camino

de Santiago in Spain in the last year of her life. She is preceded in death by her husband Dick Standiford. She is also preceded in death by 7 siblings; Frank,

Eddie, Henry, Mary, Celine, Agnes and Bluffy. She is survived by her children; Richard, Mark (Bettina), Danny (Angelique), Stephen and John Charlton and daughter Lucy (Moula) Tayane. She is also survived by her grandchildren; Richard, Matthew, Zachariah, Alexandra, John, Elizabeth, Samantha, Andrew and Gabrielle, sisters; Helen Callan and Jossy Eyre, step-children; Richard B. IV (Judy) and Steve (Geneva) Standiford. She is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews and friends. Her infectious smile and laughter will be missed. A viewing will take place on Tuesday, May 3, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Olinger Moore Howard Chapel, 4345 W. 46th Ave., Denver, CO. Her funeral will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 10:00 am at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, 2250 W Harrison St., Denver, CO. She'll be laid to rest back home in Staten Island at St. Mary's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials in her honor may be given to the "Sisters of Loretto Community."