Many people have happy memories of Betty Pearson, who lived in Hebden for most of her life.
Eighty-year-old Betty died in Craven Nursing Home, Skipton, on February 2, having lived at Gills Top Residential Home, Grassington, for the past four years following a stroke.
Betty was born at Saxelby Farm, Hebden, the second child of John and Margaret Herd, a well known farming family. She attended Hebden School before leaving at the age of 14 to train as a hairdresser at Oliver Greenwood’s on Skipton High Street. She later worked at the town’s Reckitt and Colman’s factory.
Betty met her husband, Walter Pearson, from Pateley Bridge at a dance. They married at Hebden Chapel on May 29, 1954, and lived on Green Terrace.
Betty went to the Chapel Sunday School as a girl and joined the chapel committee. She became secretary of Hebden Village Institute Committee in 1974, a role which she carried out for 20 years. She particularly enjoyed helping with the children’s Christmas parties and made a Santa outfit which has seen good service. She was also on Hebden Sports Committee.
Betty worked as a home care assistant for North Yorkshire County Council for some years and later cared for an elderly man on a regular basis in her own time.
Her husband Walter died suddenly in 1982, aged 61, but she gained comfort from her two sons, John and Kevin.
A funeral service will be held at Hebden Methodist Church next Thursday, February 23, at 1pm.
Betty is survived by her sons, a granddaughter and grandson and her younger sister and brother.
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