Betty was born Elizabeth
Ann Mattingly, on September 30, 1939 in Oak Park, Illinois to Robert and Evelyn
Mattingly.
Married Donald Peting on
May 26, 1962 in Dolton, Illinois at Lorimer Memorial Baptist Church.
Two children; Mark (Nov.
15, 1964) and Linda (April 14, 1967)
She died in Eugene,
Oregon, on October 10, 2006 of a cancerous brain tumor discovered only 6 months
earlier.
Early years and education:
Her father was a heating
and air conditioning contractor, opening a business in Roseland, on Chicago’s
far south side, near the end of WWII.
An only child, she grew
up on Wallace Street in Roseland in an area with many families of Dutch decent
in the neighborhood.
Attended a Christian
Reformed Grade School (Roseland, grad 1954) and High School (Chicago Christian,
grad 1957).
Nursing Career:
Graduated from West
Suburban Hospital School of Nursing in 1960, a program in cooperation with
Wheaton College.
1960-62 RN at Ingalls
Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Illinois
1962-63 RN at Herrick
Hospital, Berkeley, California
1979-2002 Working as RN
in Eugene, Oregon for a number of doctor’s offices and clinics, retiring from
PeaceHealth Medical Group
Places lived and travels:
Lived in Chicago,
Berkeley, Seattle, Port Angeles, Rome, Italy and Eugene, Oregon.
Travels include 2 years
of traveling through Europe on three extensive trips; and additional trips to
China (and Tibet), South Africa, New Zealand, Australia
Member of First Baptist
Church, Eugene