Betty White Ireland Hamlin, 101, passed away Monday, August 20, 2018 at Carillon Memory Care. She had braved a ten-year battle with dementia, during which she never lost her sweet disposition.
Betty was born May 7, 1917 on a ranch near Bercail, Montana. She was preceded in death by a brother, Harry White; daughter, Elizabeth Ireland (age 21); husband of 45 years, Frank Ireland; and husband of 12 years, Bill Hamlin.
Betty was a lifetime member of the Shippan Point Garden Club of Stamford, CT and a member of garden clubs in Georgetown, SC and Geneva, IL. She loved flower arranging and was an International Flower Show judge. Betty had been a kindergarten teacher and interior decorator. She enjoyed knitting, tennis, bicycling, cooking and traveling. She and Frank lived many years on a boat traveling before finally settling in Georgetown, SC.
Betty is survived by her daughter, Mary Ireland Newsom and husband, Bill, of Etowah, NC; grandsons, Ben Newsom of Whitefish, MT, Frank Newsom of Cornelius, NC, George Newsom and wife, Lauren, of Columbia, SC; and great-grandchildren, Catalina and Donnie Newsom of Columbia, SC.
As she wished, there will be no services.
Betty was born May 7, 1917 on a ranch near Bercail, Montana. She was preceded in death by a brother, Harry White; daughter, Elizabeth Ireland (age 21); husband of 45 years, Frank Ireland; and husband of 12 years, Bill Hamlin.
Betty was a lifetime member of the Shippan Point Garden Club of Stamford, CT and a member of garden clubs in Georgetown, SC and Geneva, IL. She loved flower arranging and was an International Flower Show judge. Betty had been a kindergarten teacher and interior decorator. She enjoyed knitting, tennis, bicycling, cooking and traveling. She and Frank lived many years on a boat traveling before finally settling in Georgetown, SC.
Betty is survived by her daughter, Mary Ireland Newsom and husband, Bill, of Etowah, NC; grandsons, Ben Newsom of Whitefish, MT, Frank Newsom of Cornelius, NC, George Newsom and wife, Lauren, of Columbia, SC; and great-grandchildren, Catalina and Donnie Newsom of Columbia, SC.
As she wished, there will be no services.
Betty White Ireland Hamlin, 101, passed away Monday, August 20, 2018 at Carillon Memory Care. She had braved a ten-year battle with dementia, during which she never lost her sweet disposition.
Betty was born May 7, 1917 on a ranch near Bercail, Montana. She was preceded in death by a brother, Harry White; daughter, Elizabeth Ireland (age 21); husband of 45 years, Frank Ireland; and husband of 12 years, Bill Hamlin.
Betty was a lifetime member of the Shippan Point Garden Club of Stamford, CT and a member of garden clubs in Georgetown, SC and Geneva, IL. She loved flower arranging and was an International Flower Show judge. Betty had been a kindergarten teacher and interior decorator. She enjoyed knitting, tennis, bicycling, cooking and traveling. She and Frank lived many years on a boat traveling before finally settling in Georgetown, SC.
Betty is survived by her daughter, Mary Ireland Newsom and husband, Bill, of Etowah, NC; grandsons, Ben Newsom of Whitefish, MT, Frank Newsom of Cornelius, NC, George Newsom and wife, Lauren, of Columbia, SC; and great-grandchildren, Catalina and Donnie Newsom of Columbia, SC.
As she wished, there will be no services.
Betty was born May 7, 1917 on a ranch near Bercail, Montana. She was preceded in death by a brother, Harry White; daughter, Elizabeth Ireland (age 21); husband of 45 years, Frank Ireland; and husband of 12 years, Bill Hamlin.
Betty was a lifetime member of the Shippan Point Garden Club of Stamford, CT and a member of garden clubs in Georgetown, SC and Geneva, IL. She loved flower arranging and was an International Flower Show judge. Betty had been a kindergarten teacher and interior decorator. She enjoyed knitting, tennis, bicycling, cooking and traveling. She and Frank lived many years on a boat traveling before finally settling in Georgetown, SC.
Betty is survived by her daughter, Mary Ireland Newsom and husband, Bill, of Etowah, NC; grandsons, Ben Newsom of Whitefish, MT, Frank Newsom of Cornelius, NC, George Newsom and wife, Lauren, of Columbia, SC; and great-grandchildren, Catalina and Donnie Newsom of Columbia, SC.
As she wished, there will be no services.
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