Betty was the daughter of Bliss Charles Crabaugh and Senora Benge, born about a year after her parents' marriage. In 1930 she lost an infant sister, Betty's only known sibling. Betty grew up as an only child but she had many cousins in the area. She was born and raised near Stang, Mayes Co. Oklahoma. Her father was a farmer. Betty was frequently mentioned in social notices for her good grades in spelling and math.
In early 1943, Betty took a defense course offered by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Tulsa, to learn aviation work. Shortly thereafter she was employed in the bomber plant. At the time Douglas had been actively recruiting women to help build bombers for the war effort. Of the thousands employed, nearly half were women. During this time, Betty lived in Tulsa, but returned home on occasion, to visit her parents. She lived in Tulsa until at least until March of 1944.
A social notice from late August 1944 indicated, that Betty and her parents moved California. They lived in San Francisco, where her father worked as a house-painting contractor. Another social notice from March 1946 said that Betty was "very ill." She died in 1948 in a sanatorium of a brain abscess, a potential complication from tuberculosis.
Betty and her parents were preceded to California by the family of her uncle Cloe. He also died in a sanatorium, in 1942. A number of Betty's father's siblings died of tuberculosis.
The portrait photo of Betty is courtesy of Chuck Crabaugh.
In early 1943, Betty took a defense course offered by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Tulsa, to learn aviation work. Shortly thereafter she was employed in the bomber plant. At the time Douglas had been actively recruiting women to help build bombers for the war effort. Of the thousands employed, nearly half were women. During this time, Betty lived in Tulsa, but returned home on occasion, to visit her parents. She lived in Tulsa until at least until March of 1944.
A social notice from late August 1944 indicated, that Betty and her parents moved California. They lived in San Francisco, where her father worked as a house-painting contractor. Another social notice from March 1946 said that Betty was "very ill." She died in 1948 in a sanatorium of a brain abscess, a potential complication from tuberculosis.
Betty and her parents were preceded to California by the family of her uncle Cloe. He also died in a sanatorium, in 1942. A number of Betty's father's siblings died of tuberculosis.
The portrait photo of Betty is courtesy of Chuck Crabaugh.
Betty was the daughter of Bliss Charles Crabaugh and Senora Benge, born about a year after her parents' marriage. In 1930 she lost an infant sister, Betty's only known sibling. Betty grew up as an only child but she had many cousins in the area. She was born and raised near Stang, Mayes Co. Oklahoma. Her father was a farmer. Betty was frequently mentioned in social notices for her good grades in spelling and math.
In early 1943, Betty took a defense course offered by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Tulsa, to learn aviation work. Shortly thereafter she was employed in the bomber plant. At the time Douglas had been actively recruiting women to help build bombers for the war effort. Of the thousands employed, nearly half were women. During this time, Betty lived in Tulsa, but returned home on occasion, to visit her parents. She lived in Tulsa until at least until March of 1944.
A social notice from late August 1944 indicated, that Betty and her parents moved California. They lived in San Francisco, where her father worked as a house-painting contractor. Another social notice from March 1946 said that Betty was "very ill." She died in 1948 in a sanatorium of a brain abscess, a potential complication from tuberculosis.
Betty and her parents were preceded to California by the family of her uncle Cloe. He also died in a sanatorium, in 1942. A number of Betty's father's siblings died of tuberculosis.
The portrait photo of Betty is courtesy of Chuck Crabaugh.
In early 1943, Betty took a defense course offered by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Tulsa, to learn aviation work. Shortly thereafter she was employed in the bomber plant. At the time Douglas had been actively recruiting women to help build bombers for the war effort. Of the thousands employed, nearly half were women. During this time, Betty lived in Tulsa, but returned home on occasion, to visit her parents. She lived in Tulsa until at least until March of 1944.
A social notice from late August 1944 indicated, that Betty and her parents moved California. They lived in San Francisco, where her father worked as a house-painting contractor. Another social notice from March 1946 said that Betty was "very ill." She died in 1948 in a sanatorium of a brain abscess, a potential complication from tuberculosis.
Betty and her parents were preceded to California by the family of her uncle Cloe. He also died in a sanatorium, in 1942. A number of Betty's father's siblings died of tuberculosis.
The portrait photo of Betty is courtesy of Chuck Crabaugh.
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