Betty Lou Warner's Obituary
Betty passed away in her sleep on August 1st.
Born in Wadena, Iowa in 1937 to Ivan and Marvel (Crawford) Kinart, Betty was the second of three daughters. She moved to Oregon with her family at the age of 5.
Betty lived the rest of her life in the Deer Island/St. Helens area. She graduated from St. Helens High School in 1955. That September she married her high school sweetheart Max Warner, the one man she loved all her life. They happily shared being one another’s best friend through 63 years of marriage.
Shortly after high school Betty worked at the Welfare Office and a local bank. Soon Max and his brothers formed Warner Bros. Custom Builders with Betty managing the office for the next thirty years.
In her free time, Betty enjoyed ceramics classes, learned to play the organ, and became quite talented creating colored pencil drawings. Betty could often be found with yarn and needles in her lap creating an afghan blanket or a doily.
Betty & Max retired in 1993 and enjoyed quality time with one another and their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They traveled the nation’s backroads in their motorcoach while spending time with family and friends.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband and best friend Max, her parents, and her sister MaryAnn Ellingson. She is survived by her sister Jean Marie Carter-Hardman, her children Russell Warner and Denise Hearing, four granddaughters, three great-grandchildren, and two great-great-granddaughters.
She will re-join Max forever in their niche in a private service at Columbia Memorial Gardens on what would have been their 69th wedding anniversary, September 16th, 2024.
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