Thursday, January 1, 1970
My cousin Betsy,you are dearly missed by everyone in our wonderful, loving family. It wasn't too long after I moved to CT, maybe in 1987 or 1988, I was driving with some friends & listening to Click & Clack, Car Talk, on NPR one Saturday morning. There was a woman caller talking about her car problems, something about trips from Florida back to NY. And I knew instantly it was Betsy because of that voice and that laugh! Of course she had great rapport with Ray & Tom, her sense of humor mixed with theirs produced a great dialogue for a good five minutes, or so it seemed. And all the while I am yelling to my friends, "That's my cousin Betsy!". And since it was a few years before car phones, I had to wait til I got home before I could call Betsy & tell her I heard the episode, and then call my mom to tell her. I am pretty sure that a couple more of us cousins heard her on the show that day. I wish I could be in Burton for the service on Saturday and at the gathering after wards at the Farm. She would like it that so many will gather to remember her with so many great & funny stories to tell.
