Betty Ann Gibbs Case

Age 87, resident of West Seattle for 54 years, passed on from this life October 24th. She was born in Columbia, Missouri; graduated Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri; University of Missouri, with a B. A. Business and Public Administration degree. She married her college sweetheart Bill Case on July 26, 1941. They lived in New Jersey from 1940 to 1947 where she was diagnosed with colitis. They lived in Denver Colorado from 1947 to 1953 where she contracted polio; they moved to West Seattle in 1953. Betty never let any of her disabilities stop her from doing anything she wanted from making homemade chili sauce, jewelry, hats, and clothes for her children. She always had a positive, happy outlook on life and loved to laugh until she cried.