VINCENT, BETTY BANKSON Betty Bankson Vincent, 90, suddenly passed from this earth in the early morning hours on November 15, 2013. Born December 31, 1922, she cherished her lifelong friends, relatives and life in Titusville, PA, where she graduated from Titusville High. She later continued her studies at the University of Evansville. She started her work life as a secretary in the small steel town. To the consternation of her mother, she co-piloted bi-planes when possible. After the end of WWII, she met the love of her life, Ray, a US Naval Officer and petroleum engineer. For fifty years, she and Ray, lived and worked in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland and raised their three children. She cared deeply for her family and her dog, Shelley. Other interests were gardening, reading, needlepoint and counted cross-stitch. After first retiring to St. Augustine, FL they moved to Albuquerque in 1988, and were active at their church, Sandia Presbyterian. She was predeceased in death by Ray, her husband; parents, Art and Lena Bankson; and brother Arthur John, all of Titusville, PA. She is survived by three children, John of Annandale, VA; Thomas of Laytonsville, MD; and Katherine of Albuquerque, NM; two grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Family services and interment will occur Wednesday in Byesville, Ohio.
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