Betty L. Weber

Betty Louise Weber, 86 of Salem, OR went to be with Jesus on November 3rd. She is survived by her children Debbie Page, Salem, OR, David Weber, Springfield, MO, Donna Weber, Salem, OR and Deanna Crowe, Leesburg VA. Her grandchildren are Danielle Wagner, Dallis Weber, Michael Crowe, and Evan Crowe. Her great grandchildren are Briar, Grant and Hadley Wagner.

Betty was born on July 22, 1936 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Moyna and Leslie Thurman. She spent her adolescent years attending school in Shawnee before moving to Stillwater to Oklahoma A&M, now known as Oklahoma State University and graduated in 1957 with a major in Psychology. Here she met her husband, Wayne Weber and they were married and had four children: Debra Diane Page, David Duane Weber, Donna Delaine Weber, and Deanna Dawn Crowe.

In 1974, Betty went back to earn her Master’s Degree in Psychology and Counseling from Easter New Mexico University. She worked with various rehabilitation services before finding her niche in men’s penal corrections counseling men on death row. At one point in her career, she was asked to work with the FBI in Quantico, Virginia to help with profiling serial killers.

After retirement, she volunteered with the Federal and State prison systems teaching classes. She was also an active volunteer for Casa, Crisis hotline and Hospice, where she not only volunteered but wrote the curriculum for Hospice.

One of the most inspiring gifts that Betty had was being an incredible, creative artist with a whole spectrum of artistic abilities; painting, metal works, sculpting, jewelry making (mining her own turquoise), ceramics, florals, drawing, and sewing on an old treadle sewing machine. Her birthday cakes and Christmas cookies were a magical and beautiful treat to enjoy.

She had a deep tenderness for animals and a passion for fishing, especially with her father.

Starting as a teenager, her curiosity with genealogy grew to become a full-time passion in her later years, tracing the family lineage to many interesting family characters with fascinating stories.

Throughout her life, she had a great interest in southwest Native American culture that greatly enriched her and her children’s’ lives.

Betty loved plant, loved to shop and loved to shop for plants!!!