1925
Betty
2008
Betty Marie Weadon
August 26, 1925 — February 7, 2008
WEADON, Betty Marie
Kalamazoo Mrs. Weadon passed away February 7, 2008 at her home with her family by her side. She was born August 26, 1925 in Bristol, VT, the daughter of the late Ralph and Shirley Morse Purinton. After high school, she received her nursing diploma from Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital School of Nursing in Burlington, VT. She then moved to Boston, MA, where she worked at the New England Deaconess Hospital on the Overhold Thoracic Service. There she met Dr. Preston Weadon, whom she married on October 2, 1948 in Brookline, MA. After moves to Rochester, NY and Ann Arbor, MI, she came to Kalamazoo where her husband set-up his practice. After her children were sufficiently grown, she returned to nursing at Bronson Methodist Hospital on the cardiac service until her husband's retirement in 1978. She and her husband then moved first to Shelburne, VT and then to Hendersonville, NC before returning to Kalamazoo in 1993. She was an enthusiastic duplicate bridge player and was a member of the ACBL. Surviving are her husband, Dr. Preston Weadon; 3 children, Mark Anne Weadon of Crofton, MD, Christine Michael Taplin of Kalamazoo, and Laura Raymond Bennett of Grand Rapids; 5 grandchildren, Jonathan and Molly Weadon, and Tyler, Charles and Hannah Bennett; 1 sister, Dorothy Bockoven of Lincoln, MA; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death are her parents; 1 sister, Grace Doyle; and 2 brothers, George and Robert Purinton. Betty was strong, honest and a thoroughly admirable woman and will be sorely missed but never forgotten. Cremation has taken place and her ashes are to be interred at Ft. Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, MI, at a later date. Memorial services will be held Friday, the 15th 1:00pm, at Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 S. 9th Street, Oshtemo. Immediately following services, a gathering of family and friends will be at the home of Christy and Mike Taplin, until 5:00pm. As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions may be directed to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements have been entrusted to Betty's online guest register is available at www.langelands.com .
Kalamazoo Mrs. Weadon passed away February 7, 2008 at her home with her family by her side. She was born August 26, 1925 in Bristol, VT, the daughter of the late Ralph and Shirley Morse Purinton. After high school, she received her nursing diploma from Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital School of Nursing in Burlington, VT. She then moved to Boston, MA, where she worked at the New England Deaconess Hospital on the Overhold Thoracic Service. There she met Dr. Preston Weadon, whom she married on October 2, 1948 in Brookline, MA. After moves to Rochester, NY and Ann Arbor, MI, she came to Kalamazoo where her husband set-up his practice. After her children were sufficiently grown, she returned to nursing at Bronson Methodist Hospital on the cardiac service until her husband's retirement in 1978. She and her husband then moved first to Shelburne, VT and then to Hendersonville, NC before returning to Kalamazoo in 1993. She was an enthusiastic duplicate bridge player and was a member of the ACBL. Surviving are her husband, Dr. Preston Weadon; 3 children, Mark Anne Weadon of Crofton, MD, Christine Michael Taplin of Kalamazoo, and Laura Raymond Bennett of Grand Rapids; 5 grandchildren, Jonathan and Molly Weadon, and Tyler, Charles and Hannah Bennett; 1 sister, Dorothy Bockoven of Lincoln, MA; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death are her parents; 1 sister, Grace Doyle; and 2 brothers, George and Robert Purinton. Betty was strong, honest and a thoroughly admirable woman and will be sorely missed but never forgotten. Cremation has taken place and her ashes are to be interred at Ft. Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, MI, at a later date. Memorial services will be held Friday, the 15th 1:00pm, at Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 S. 9th Street, Oshtemo. Immediately following services, a gathering of family and friends will be at the home of Christy and Mike Taplin, until 5:00pm. As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions may be directed to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements have been entrusted to Betty's online guest register is available at www.langelands.com .
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