Betty Lou Szeden, 90, died April 3, 2018, at the Christwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Shoreline, Washington.
Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on May 1, 1927, Betty was a graduate of George Washington High School in Los Angelas and received a Standard Designated Services Credential from the state of California in 1971.
She was preceded in death by her parents George and Gretta Childers, sister Bernice Heir, brother Ernest Childers and daughter-in-law Nan Harrington.
Betty married the late Robert Harrington in 1950; they had two sons, Richard (Beverly) and James (Missy). In 1975, Betty married the late William Szeden and gained a daughter, Loella (Ralph). Betty was a faithful and committed Christian.
She was well known in California as an early childhood learning expert for having pioneered a very successful nursery school at the Burlingame First Presbyterian Church and was a “leader of leader” training teachers in other church schools.
In addition to her three children, Betty is survived by four grandchildren, Shannon King, Steven Dotterer (Joelyn), Megan Canning (Ryan) and Caitlin Harrington. Services are 10 a.m. July 20 at the First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame.
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO
personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who
make comments. Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. Don't threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Anyone violating these rules will be issued a
warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be
revoked.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
(0) entries
Sign the guestbook.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.