Betty Mae Wood

Betty Mae Kister Wood, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully Dec. 4, 2022, at the age of 97. Betty was born April 1, 1925, to John and Irma Kister in Lincoln, Nebraska. She grew up and graduated from high school in Lincoln. During World War II she met and married Walter Wilson with whom she had three children: James, Terri, and Deborah. After the war she was a military wife living in Lincoln; Tucson, Arizona; Browns Mills, New Jersey; Bossier City, Louisiana and finally Moses Lake, Washington. After Betty and Walter divorced, Betty stayed in Moses Lake working as a seamstress and was the assistant manager and then manager of Jeanne Dale Fabrics in Moses Lake.