Betty Lee Showers, 92, died peacefully on 23 February at Valley Hospital surrounded by her children, following a brief bout with pneumonia. Betty became a Registered Nurse in Los Angeles in 1951 and soon joined the Air Force to see the world. She was stationed in South Korea, Japan and Spain, where she met her husband to be, Herb. After retiring at the grade of Captain, she dedicated herself to being the greatest full time mother ever, serving as troop leader/den mother for Brownies and Cub Scouts, president of the PTA and a multitude of other volunteer work. Betty taught Herb how to fish, perfected and shared her various craft hobbies throughout her life and said she took up golf in self defense in order to spend more time with Herb. In her words, she played ‘at’ golf every Tuesday with her many longtime friends until a few months before her death. She is survived by her son David and wife Melissa, daughter Linda and husband Erick, daughter Dawn and husband Mike, niece Sabrina, four grandchildren, seven granddogs and her beloved Kallie. “Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass… it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

Linda, Erick, and family;  I am so sorry about your loss.  I only knew your Mom a little bit, mostly through you, but what I knew was wonderful--strong and compassionate, fun and independent, just all around the type of person I would aspire to be like.   I would like so much to be able to say something to comfort you all and take some of the pain away, but that pain is the process and words are inadequate to change it.  I'm glad that Betty had such a long, full life full of these great people she cared about so much, that cared about her in return, that you had that time to share it with her.  It's a double edged sword in that all that time makes it that much harder to lose her.   I'm glad you could be with her at the end, as heart-breaking as that must have been.  I appreciated your Mom's sense of humor, love of animals, and so enjoyed seeing her posts and hearing about her through you.   Again, I am so sorry, Deke is as well, we are both here if you need anything.

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Betty L. Showers

May 13, 1926 – February 23, 2019

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