She passed away at the Hospice of the Piedmont, just outside of the City of Charlottesville, in Albemarle County, Virginia on December 10, 2019, at the age of 80.
She was born in St. Francis Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey, on January 15, 1939 to Madeline A. (Maron) and William Raymond Ryan, Sr. of Bordentown, New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother William R. Ryan, Jr. , her sister Madeline A. (Ryan) Targonski, and her Grand Nephew, Samuel Paul Gerike.
Betty attended St. Mary's Elementary School, Cathedral High School, Trenton State College and Indiana University at Bloomington where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education with a Specialty in Mathematics. In 1959, she married her sweetheart, Ray, who lived around the corner from her home, a marriage that flourished for 60 years. Together, they moved to Indiana and on to Morgantown, West Virginia. They raised their children in Morgantown where Betty served actively in her church, earned a Master's Degree in Secondary Education with a specialty in Mathematics, and she taught Mathematics at St. Francis High School where she was her children's favorite Math Teacher. In 1982, Betty and her family moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. She taught at Piedmont Virginia Community College and then at the University of Virginia where she taught introductory math courses and administered the Math Tutoring Center. She was a woman of great faith who in her own quiet way fed the hungry, supported women seeking higher education, served as a Eucharistic Minister, participated in Bible Study and knitted prayer shawls for the sick. Her time devoted to others was only surpassed by her full time commitment to her family. She was known professionally as a gifted teacher, but above all she was a loving wife, mother, sister, niece, cousin, aunt and Nana.
Betty's family will receive visitors on Sunday, December 15, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Hill and Wood Funeral Home at 201 First Street North, Charlottesville, Virginia and on Monday, December 16, 2019 at the Church of the Incarnation from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, December 16, 2019 at 12:15 p.m. at the Church of the Incarnation at 1465 Incarnation Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia.
In addition, Betty's family will receive visitors on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Peppler Funeral Home at 122 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, New Jersey. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's Church, now known as Mary Mother of the Church Parish, at 45 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, New Jersey at 12:00 p.m. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, in the Ryan family Section, Cemetery Lane, Bordentown, New Jersey.
She was born in St. Francis Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey, on January 15, 1939 to Madeline A. (Maron) and William Raymond Ryan, Sr. of Bordentown, New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother William R. Ryan, Jr. , her sister Madeline A. (Ryan) Targonski, and her Grand Nephew, Samuel Paul Gerike.
Betty attended St. Mary's Elementary School, Cathedral High School, Trenton State College and Indiana University at Bloomington where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education with a Specialty in Mathematics. In 1959, she married her sweetheart, Ray, who lived around the corner from her home, a marriage that flourished for 60 years. Together, they moved to Indiana and on to Morgantown, West Virginia. They raised their children in Morgantown where Betty served actively in her church, earned a Master's Degree in Secondary Education with a specialty in Mathematics, and she taught Mathematics at St. Francis High School where she was her children's favorite Math Teacher. In 1982, Betty and her family moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. She taught at Piedmont Virginia Community College and then at the University of Virginia where she taught introductory math courses and administered the Math Tutoring Center. She was a woman of great faith who in her own quiet way fed the hungry, supported women seeking higher education, served as a Eucharistic Minister, participated in Bible Study and knitted prayer shawls for the sick. Her time devoted to others was only surpassed by her full time commitment to her family. She was known professionally as a gifted teacher, but above all she was a loving wife, mother, sister, niece, cousin, aunt and Nana.
Betty's family will receive visitors on Sunday, December 15, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Hill and Wood Funeral Home at 201 First Street North, Charlottesville, Virginia and on Monday, December 16, 2019 at the Church of the Incarnation from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, December 16, 2019 at 12:15 p.m. at the Church of the Incarnation at 1465 Incarnation Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia.
In addition, Betty's family will receive visitors on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Peppler Funeral Home at 122 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, New Jersey. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's Church, now known as Mary Mother of the Church Parish, at 45 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, New Jersey at 12:00 p.m. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, in the Ryan family Section, Cemetery Lane, Bordentown, New Jersey.
She passed away at the Hospice of the Piedmont, just outside of the City of Charlottesville, in Albemarle County, Virginia on December 10, 2019, at the age of 80.
She was born in St. Francis Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey, on January 15, 1939 to Madeline A. (Maron) and William Raymond Ryan, Sr. of Bordentown, New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother William R. Ryan, Jr. , her sister Madeline A. (Ryan) Targonski, and her Grand Nephew, Samuel Paul Gerike.
Betty attended St. Mary's Elementary School, Cathedral High School, Trenton State College and Indiana University at Bloomington where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education with a Specialty in Mathematics. In 1959, she married her sweetheart, Ray, who lived around the corner from her home, a marriage that flourished for 60 years. Together, they moved to Indiana and on to Morgantown, West Virginia. They raised their children in Morgantown where Betty served actively in her church, earned a Master's Degree in Secondary Education with a specialty in Mathematics, and she taught Mathematics at St. Francis High School where she was her children's favorite Math Teacher. In 1982, Betty and her family moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. She taught at Piedmont Virginia Community College and then at the University of Virginia where she taught introductory math courses and administered the Math Tutoring Center. She was a woman of great faith who in her own quiet way fed the hungry, supported women seeking higher education, served as a Eucharistic Minister, participated in Bible Study and knitted prayer shawls for the sick. Her time devoted to others was only surpassed by her full time commitment to her family. She was known professionally as a gifted teacher, but above all she was a loving wife, mother, sister, niece, cousin, aunt and Nana.
Betty's family will receive visitors on Sunday, December 15, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Hill and Wood Funeral Home at 201 First Street North, Charlottesville, Virginia and on Monday, December 16, 2019 at the Church of the Incarnation from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, December 16, 2019 at 12:15 p.m. at the Church of the Incarnation at 1465 Incarnation Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia.
In addition, Betty's family will receive visitors on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Peppler Funeral Home at 122 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, New Jersey. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's Church, now known as Mary Mother of the Church Parish, at 45 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, New Jersey at 12:00 p.m. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, in the Ryan family Section, Cemetery Lane, Bordentown, New Jersey.
She was born in St. Francis Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey, on January 15, 1939 to Madeline A. (Maron) and William Raymond Ryan, Sr. of Bordentown, New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother William R. Ryan, Jr. , her sister Madeline A. (Ryan) Targonski, and her Grand Nephew, Samuel Paul Gerike.
Betty attended St. Mary's Elementary School, Cathedral High School, Trenton State College and Indiana University at Bloomington where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education with a Specialty in Mathematics. In 1959, she married her sweetheart, Ray, who lived around the corner from her home, a marriage that flourished for 60 years. Together, they moved to Indiana and on to Morgantown, West Virginia. They raised their children in Morgantown where Betty served actively in her church, earned a Master's Degree in Secondary Education with a specialty in Mathematics, and she taught Mathematics at St. Francis High School where she was her children's favorite Math Teacher. In 1982, Betty and her family moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. She taught at Piedmont Virginia Community College and then at the University of Virginia where she taught introductory math courses and administered the Math Tutoring Center. She was a woman of great faith who in her own quiet way fed the hungry, supported women seeking higher education, served as a Eucharistic Minister, participated in Bible Study and knitted prayer shawls for the sick. Her time devoted to others was only surpassed by her full time commitment to her family. She was known professionally as a gifted teacher, but above all she was a loving wife, mother, sister, niece, cousin, aunt and Nana.
Betty's family will receive visitors on Sunday, December 15, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Hill and Wood Funeral Home at 201 First Street North, Charlottesville, Virginia and on Monday, December 16, 2019 at the Church of the Incarnation from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, December 16, 2019 at 12:15 p.m. at the Church of the Incarnation at 1465 Incarnation Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia.
In addition, Betty's family will receive visitors on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Peppler Funeral Home at 122 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, New Jersey. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's Church, now known as Mary Mother of the Church Parish, at 45 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, New Jersey at 12:00 p.m. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, in the Ryan family Section, Cemetery Lane, Bordentown, New Jersey.
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