Gabriel is the son of Ezra C. and Charlotte A. Pohl Betz. He married Helen Virena Sibthorp on Jan. 1, 1947. Their children: Karl William and Katherine Pearl.
Obituary; Decatur Herald & Review, Thursday, March 14, 1991.
Dr. Gabriel P. Betz, 80, of rural Warrensburg died 10:52 a.m. Tuesday (March 12, 1991) in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Warrensburg United Methodist Church with visitation one hour before services. Arrangements by Dawson & Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home. Burial will be in Illini Cemetery, Warrensburg. Memorials: Gabriel Betz Geography Scholarship Fund, California University of Pennsylvania; Blackburn College, Carlinville or Barkley Library, Illini Township, Warrensburg.
Dr. Betz was born in Mendota on March 2, 1911, son of Ezra and Charlotte Pohl Betz, to a family of two sisters and three brothers.
He attended Blackburn College, has both A.B. and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois, and a PhD degree from Syracuse University. Except for the four years as a Commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II, all his working years were spent in the field of education from teaching in one-room country schools to directing graduate programs in geography at the university level. He taught at Harrisburg High School, J. Sterling Morton Junior College, Syracuse University and The University of Buffalo. He spent the last 21 years before his retirement in 1976 at California University of Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvania State University System. During that time he was chairman of the Department of Geography and Earth Science, Dean of Arts and Sciences, president of the Pennsylvania Council for Geography Education, one of the founders of the Association of Pennsylvania State University Faculties (AP-SCUF), was its president from 1969 to 1973. In 1975, he was the first recipient of the outstanding teacher award for Pennsylvania State College faculty; the $2500 stipend was donated by Dr. Betz to establish a geography scholarship award to be donated to an outstanding senior who wished to pursue graduate work. After retirement to rural Warrensburg in 1976, he worked tirelessly as a delegate in the Macon County Soil & Water Conservation District, and also acted as state delegate. In 1984, he was honored by Blackburn College as a Distinguished Alumnus at its spring graduation ceremonies and by AP-SCUF (Pennsylvania) for past meritorious service. He married Helen S. Sibthorp in 1947.
Surviving are his wife; son, ; Karl W. Betz of Springfield; daughter, Katherine P. Betz of Madison, Wis.; brothers, Gilbert Betz and Karl E. Betz, both of Mendota; sister, Charlotte Betz , Guthrie of Bagley, Wis. His parents and one sister preceded him in death.
Obituary; Decatur Herald & Review, Thursday, March 14, 1991.
Dr. Gabriel P. Betz, 80, of rural Warrensburg died 10:52 a.m. Tuesday (March 12, 1991) in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Warrensburg United Methodist Church with visitation one hour before services. Arrangements by Dawson & Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home. Burial will be in Illini Cemetery, Warrensburg. Memorials: Gabriel Betz Geography Scholarship Fund, California University of Pennsylvania; Blackburn College, Carlinville or Barkley Library, Illini Township, Warrensburg.
Dr. Betz was born in Mendota on March 2, 1911, son of Ezra and Charlotte Pohl Betz, to a family of two sisters and three brothers.
He attended Blackburn College, has both A.B. and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois, and a PhD degree from Syracuse University. Except for the four years as a Commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II, all his working years were spent in the field of education from teaching in one-room country schools to directing graduate programs in geography at the university level. He taught at Harrisburg High School, J. Sterling Morton Junior College, Syracuse University and The University of Buffalo. He spent the last 21 years before his retirement in 1976 at California University of Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvania State University System. During that time he was chairman of the Department of Geography and Earth Science, Dean of Arts and Sciences, president of the Pennsylvania Council for Geography Education, one of the founders of the Association of Pennsylvania State University Faculties (AP-SCUF), was its president from 1969 to 1973. In 1975, he was the first recipient of the outstanding teacher award for Pennsylvania State College faculty; the $2500 stipend was donated by Dr. Betz to establish a geography scholarship award to be donated to an outstanding senior who wished to pursue graduate work. After retirement to rural Warrensburg in 1976, he worked tirelessly as a delegate in the Macon County Soil & Water Conservation District, and also acted as state delegate. In 1984, he was honored by Blackburn College as a Distinguished Alumnus at its spring graduation ceremonies and by AP-SCUF (Pennsylvania) for past meritorious service. He married Helen S. Sibthorp in 1947.
Surviving are his wife; son, ; Karl W. Betz of Springfield; daughter, Katherine P. Betz of Madison, Wis.; brothers, Gilbert Betz and Karl E. Betz, both of Mendota; sister, Charlotte Betz , Guthrie of Bagley, Wis. His parents and one sister preceded him in death.
Gabriel is the son of Ezra C. and Charlotte A. Pohl Betz. He married Helen Virena Sibthorp on Jan. 1, 1947. Their children: Karl William and Katherine Pearl.
Obituary; Decatur Herald & Review, Thursday, March 14, 1991.
Dr. Gabriel P. Betz, 80, of rural Warrensburg died 10:52 a.m. Tuesday (March 12, 1991) in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Warrensburg United Methodist Church with visitation one hour before services. Arrangements by Dawson & Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home. Burial will be in Illini Cemetery, Warrensburg. Memorials: Gabriel Betz Geography Scholarship Fund, California University of Pennsylvania; Blackburn College, Carlinville or Barkley Library, Illini Township, Warrensburg.
Dr. Betz was born in Mendota on March 2, 1911, son of Ezra and Charlotte Pohl Betz, to a family of two sisters and three brothers.
He attended Blackburn College, has both A.B. and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois, and a PhD degree from Syracuse University. Except for the four years as a Commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II, all his working years were spent in the field of education from teaching in one-room country schools to directing graduate programs in geography at the university level. He taught at Harrisburg High School, J. Sterling Morton Junior College, Syracuse University and The University of Buffalo. He spent the last 21 years before his retirement in 1976 at California University of Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvania State University System. During that time he was chairman of the Department of Geography and Earth Science, Dean of Arts and Sciences, president of the Pennsylvania Council for Geography Education, one of the founders of the Association of Pennsylvania State University Faculties (AP-SCUF), was its president from 1969 to 1973. In 1975, he was the first recipient of the outstanding teacher award for Pennsylvania State College faculty; the $2500 stipend was donated by Dr. Betz to establish a geography scholarship award to be donated to an outstanding senior who wished to pursue graduate work. After retirement to rural Warrensburg in 1976, he worked tirelessly as a delegate in the Macon County Soil & Water Conservation District, and also acted as state delegate. In 1984, he was honored by Blackburn College as a Distinguished Alumnus at its spring graduation ceremonies and by AP-SCUF (Pennsylvania) for past meritorious service. He married Helen S. Sibthorp in 1947.
Surviving are his wife; son, ; Karl W. Betz of Springfield; daughter, Katherine P. Betz of Madison, Wis.; brothers, Gilbert Betz and Karl E. Betz, both of Mendota; sister, Charlotte Betz , Guthrie of Bagley, Wis. His parents and one sister preceded him in death.
Obituary; Decatur Herald & Review, Thursday, March 14, 1991.
Dr. Gabriel P. Betz, 80, of rural Warrensburg died 10:52 a.m. Tuesday (March 12, 1991) in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Warrensburg United Methodist Church with visitation one hour before services. Arrangements by Dawson & Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home. Burial will be in Illini Cemetery, Warrensburg. Memorials: Gabriel Betz Geography Scholarship Fund, California University of Pennsylvania; Blackburn College, Carlinville or Barkley Library, Illini Township, Warrensburg.
Dr. Betz was born in Mendota on March 2, 1911, son of Ezra and Charlotte Pohl Betz, to a family of two sisters and three brothers.
He attended Blackburn College, has both A.B. and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois, and a PhD degree from Syracuse University. Except for the four years as a Commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II, all his working years were spent in the field of education from teaching in one-room country schools to directing graduate programs in geography at the university level. He taught at Harrisburg High School, J. Sterling Morton Junior College, Syracuse University and The University of Buffalo. He spent the last 21 years before his retirement in 1976 at California University of Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvania State University System. During that time he was chairman of the Department of Geography and Earth Science, Dean of Arts and Sciences, president of the Pennsylvania Council for Geography Education, one of the founders of the Association of Pennsylvania State University Faculties (AP-SCUF), was its president from 1969 to 1973. In 1975, he was the first recipient of the outstanding teacher award for Pennsylvania State College faculty; the $2500 stipend was donated by Dr. Betz to establish a geography scholarship award to be donated to an outstanding senior who wished to pursue graduate work. After retirement to rural Warrensburg in 1976, he worked tirelessly as a delegate in the Macon County Soil & Water Conservation District, and also acted as state delegate. In 1984, he was honored by Blackburn College as a Distinguished Alumnus at its spring graduation ceremonies and by AP-SCUF (Pennsylvania) for past meritorious service. He married Helen S. Sibthorp in 1947.
Surviving are his wife; son, ; Karl W. Betz of Springfield; daughter, Katherine P. Betz of Madison, Wis.; brothers, Gilbert Betz and Karl E. Betz, both of Mendota; sister, Charlotte Betz , Guthrie of Bagley, Wis. His parents and one sister preceded him in death.
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