(Mom) Bettie was the youngest child born to Harry and Jean (Fettes) Drane. She was very close to her mother and siblings, especially her sister Phyllis and brother Harry. She never drove an automobile. She was afraid of heights. When she got a job, her first paychecks were saved up and she bought her mother a fur coat. Early family summers were spent in the Port Huron area of Michigan, where she loved to swim. Her life-long best friend was Ann (Jonas) McPhail. She had a brief first marriage to Otto Dyke.
Name: Otto Frederick Dyck
Marriage: 11 Apr 1942 Michigan
Divorced: 31 May 1945 Wayne, Michigan, USA
She was friends with Ted Ferency, with whom she worked; she a secretary, and he an electrical engineer. They fell in love and married August 31, 1946. They had one child, Karen Elizabeth. Like most women of her era, for most of her life, she was a housewife. Bettie loved to knit, crochet and sew, and made most of her own clothes. She canned the vegetables grown in the backyard garden, and was famous for her pickled green tomatoes. She loved TV game shows like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, and talk shows like Mike Douglas. In her later years, she did volunteer work at local nursing homes and the hospital. She had osteoporosis.
Name: Otto Frederick Dyck
Marriage: 11 Apr 1942 Michigan
Divorced: 31 May 1945 Wayne, Michigan, USA
She was friends with Ted Ferency, with whom she worked; she a secretary, and he an electrical engineer. They fell in love and married August 31, 1946. They had one child, Karen Elizabeth. Like most women of her era, for most of her life, she was a housewife. Bettie loved to knit, crochet and sew, and made most of her own clothes. She canned the vegetables grown in the backyard garden, and was famous for her pickled green tomatoes. She loved TV game shows like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, and talk shows like Mike Douglas. In her later years, she did volunteer work at local nursing homes and the hospital. She had osteoporosis.
(Mom) Bettie was the youngest child born to Harry and Jean (Fettes) Drane. She was very close to her mother and siblings, especially her sister Phyllis and brother Harry. She never drove an automobile. She was afraid of heights. When she got a job, her first paychecks were saved up and she bought her mother a fur coat. Early family summers were spent in the Port Huron area of Michigan, where she loved to swim. Her life-long best friend was Ann (Jonas) McPhail. She had a brief first marriage to Otto Dyke.
Name: Otto Frederick Dyck
Marriage: 11 Apr 1942 Michigan
Divorced: 31 May 1945 Wayne, Michigan, USA
She was friends with Ted Ferency, with whom she worked; she a secretary, and he an electrical engineer. They fell in love and married August 31, 1946. They had one child, Karen Elizabeth. Like most women of her era, for most of her life, she was a housewife. Bettie loved to knit, crochet and sew, and made most of her own clothes. She canned the vegetables grown in the backyard garden, and was famous for her pickled green tomatoes. She loved TV game shows like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, and talk shows like Mike Douglas. In her later years, she did volunteer work at local nursing homes and the hospital. She had osteoporosis.
Name: Otto Frederick Dyck
Marriage: 11 Apr 1942 Michigan
Divorced: 31 May 1945 Wayne, Michigan, USA
She was friends with Ted Ferency, with whom she worked; she a secretary, and he an electrical engineer. They fell in love and married August 31, 1946. They had one child, Karen Elizabeth. Like most women of her era, for most of her life, she was a housewife. Bettie loved to knit, crochet and sew, and made most of her own clothes. She canned the vegetables grown in the backyard garden, and was famous for her pickled green tomatoes. She loved TV game shows like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, and talk shows like Mike Douglas. In her later years, she did volunteer work at local nursing homes and the hospital. She had osteoporosis.
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