Betty Lorraine Savery was born July 25, 1926 to Admiral and Ireneal Coggins in Nederland, Colorado. She passed away on August 12, 2016 in Merced, California at the age of 90. Betty was raised in Oklahoma and moved to Edgar, Nebraska after her marriage to Richard Kenyon Lines where she ran a farm and feed store. They followed a dream to come to the golden state of California in the 1950’s and settled in the Firebaugh/Dos Palos area where she became a school bus driver for Dos Palos High School. After her retirement she continued to work as a harvester driver when she met and married her second husband Charles (Chuck) Savery. After her retirement for the second time, she stayed very busy with oil painting, knitting, crocheting and gardening. She moved to Los Banos in 2004 and became active with Project Cherish and the Circle of Love Crafters. Betty was always full of quick wit and usually said exactly what she was thinking.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents Admiral and Ireneal Coggins; husbands: Richard Kenyon Lines and Charles Savery; sister, Berley Leona Fowler; and son-in-law Dean Young.
She is survived by her daughters: Pauline Young, Muriel (John) Scarlata, Patricia (Gary) Hunt; grandchildren: Sarah (Carl) Torgersen, Dewayne (Gina) Young, Sandra (Ken) Nolan, Kenneth (Melissa) Cotton, Ronny (Leanna) Bennett. Great grandchildren: Eric and Dallas Young; David and Tyler Betteridge; Danielle, Ariana and Clare Nolan; Kayla, Laura and Lacey Cotton; Braelin and Madison Bennett; Keith Torgersen, Dr. Jessie Torgersen and husband Dean Trajkov and great, great grandchildren Magnus and Lazo Trajkov.
A Celebration of Life will be held on August 23, 2016 at the Ted Falasco Arts Center, in Los Banos California at 2:00p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Los Banos Arts Council or Circle of Love Crafters at the Los Banos Community Center.
Services under the direction of Whitehurst Funeral Chapels~ Los Banos