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- Bette Cable
- Born February 5, 1925 in Salida, Colorado. Father: Demosthenes Argys. Mother: Carrie Limberis. Siblings: Chris Argys and George Argys. Attended McCray School, Salida Jr. High, and Salida High School, Pueblo Jr. College, and Denver University, where she graduated in 1946. Married to Salida's Chief of Police, Harry Cable.
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- Bette Oberto
- Bette Oberto was born to Silvio and Tynne Oberto at the Telluride Hospital (now museum) on May 2, 1939. Bette attended school in Telluride and graduated from Telluride High School in 1957. She married Mel Hanson in Telluride in 1956. Four children (3 sons and a daughter) were born to this union. After their youngest child was born, they moved to the Denver area for better employment and settled in Arvada, CO to raise the children. Bette and Mel were divorced after the youngest child was raised. Bette continued her schooling and worked in the Denver area as an Accounts Payable Manager. In 2004, Bette purchased a home in Tuscan, AZ and split her time between Tuscan and the Denver area. In 2011, she returned to residing full time to the Denver area. Bette passed away in November 2014 after battling ovarian cancer for several years. She was survived by her four children, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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- Betty Ernestine Cornelia (Corn) Moore
- Early Twentieth century Appleton resident. Sister of Orlin, Esther, Edith, and Lelia Corn.
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- Betty Ford
- Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Bloomer was born 8 April 1918 to Hortense Neahr and William Stephenson Bloomer in Chicago. In 1936, Betty Bloomer graduated from Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. While attending Bennington School of Dance in Vermont, Bloomer met Martha Graham. Bloomer subsequently studied with Graham in New York City and performed in Carnegie Hall as a member of Graham’s Auxiliary Performance Troupe. In 1941, Betty Bloomer returned to Grand Rapids, formed her own dance troupe, and worked as fashion coordinator for Herpolsheimer’s department store. In 1942, she married William Warren but soon divorced. In 1947, Betty Bloomer met Gerald R. Ford, Jr., a young attorney who served as a Navy Lieutenant during World War II. The couple married on 14 October 1948. Two weeks after their marriage, Ford was elected to his first term in the U.S. Congress. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-five years. During Gerald Ford’s service in Congress, Betty Ford volunteered with the Congressional Wives Club and the National Federation of Republican Women; she also guided tours of the U.S. Capitol to visiting constituents from Michigan. Beginning the in 1960s, the Fords often visited Vail and Beaver Creek as both winter and summer retreats. Betty Ford held her first press conference on 4 September 1974. She was an “outspoken advocate of women’s rights” and openly supported the passage of the 1975 Equal Rights Amendment. She also spoke openly on her breast cancer diagnosis and challenges with alcohol and substance abuse. In 1978, Betty Ford wrote her autobiography, The Times of My Life, and entered the treatment center at Long Beach Naval Hospital. In 1982, Mrs. Ford and Ambassador Leonard Firestone cofounded the Betty Ford Center, which focused on addiction treatment. In 1987, Mrs. Ford published a healing memoir entitled Betty: A Glad Awakening. With Charlyn Costello Canada at the helm, Vail Public Library held a book signing on 11 March 1987 and Mary Catherine Moser served as Mrs. Ford’s personal assistant. The event was underwritten by Verbatim Booksellers, which was located in Crossroads in Vail. In 1988, Vail Alpine Gardens was renamed Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (BFAG). On 11 August 1989, President and Mrs. Ford attended the formal dedication of BFAG held in Gerald R. Ford Park in Vail. First Lady, Betty Ford, passed away on 8 July 2011; President Gerald R. Ford passed away on 26 December 2006. The Fords are interred on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their four children are Michael Gerald, John Gardner, Steven Meigs and Susan Elizabeth.