1. Betty Lou DEHLINGER [scrapbook] was born 12 Nov 1925 in El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas. She died 2 Dec 2002 in El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas and was buried 6 Dec 2002 in Restlawn Cemetery, El Paso, Texas. [Parents]
Obituary (Holmes County Herald, Holmes Co., Mississippi):
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Betty Lou Zeliff of El Paso, TX passed away Sunday night, December 2, 2002. She was born Nov. 12, 1925 in El Paso, TX to Walter Dehlinger and Fae H Humphrey; both are deceased. She graduated from Alta Vista, Austin High School and attended Texas College of Mines (UTEP). She married Howard Looney, who died in 1974. She was employed by the EL Paso Independent School District until her retirement in 1984. She served as a volunteer at Columbia Hospital for a number of years, and was a member of Vista Del Sol Baptist Church, League of Women Voters, El Paso County Historical Society, Discover El Paso, and Woman's Department Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce. Survivors include her husband Ray Zeliff; daughters Joneen Michael of Goodman and Margaret Ames of Anchorage, Alaska; 5 grandchildren and two great grandchildren; one sister, Pearl La Rock of El Paso and a brother Ross Dehlinger of Nordland, Washington. She was preceded in death by a son, Edward Looney. Funeral services were held Dec 6 at First Baptist Church of Horizon City. San Jose Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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