ELIZABETH (BETTY) ANNE OWEN (nee Coolidge)

Nov. 13, 1936 – Sept. 19, 2008

Passed away at Lady Minto

Hospital with her family at

her side. Betty moved to Salt

Spring Island in 1975 with

her husband and children.

She embraced her new

community by working

actively with the Farmers’

Institute and was also a very

active member with the Lady

Minto Hospital Auxiliary Thrift

Shop. Survived by her loving

husband of 52 years, Dennis,

her children Terry (Sharon),

Beth Cornwall (Lewis), Mark

(Maureen), Robert (Lisa),

David (Wendy), and several

grandchildren and great

grandchildren. Special

thanks to Dr. Jan MacPhail,

the staff of the Lady Minto

Hospital, the Bessie Dane

Foundation and Hospice,

and all those in the

community who supported

our family during this

diffi cult time. There will be a

tea service to celebrate

Betty’s life at the Royal

Canadian Legion, Meaden

Hall, on Wed. Sept 24 at

2:30 p.m. In lieu of fl owers,

if you wish to make a

charitable donation in her

memory, please consider the

Lady Minto Hospital Auxiliary

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