Betty Zabel

Betty Zabel, 95, long-time Grandview resident, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 in Miles City, Montana.

She was born on May 25, 1918 to Edna (Bull) and William Guy Kirscher in Townsend, Montana where she was raised and educated. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Montana in Bozeman. Betty met and married William E. Zabel on October 12, 1940 in Malta, Montana and resided there until the family moved to Grandview, Washington in 1962.

She taught Jr. High and Middle School students in the Yakima School District for thirteen years. Betty was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Grandview. In later years Betty resided with her sister at El Dorado retirement home in Sun City, Arizona, and was a member of Willowbrook Methodist Church in Sun City.

She is survived by her daughter Sharon Smith and her husband, Douglas of Miles City, Montana; her son, William Gerald Zabel of Prosser Washington; two grandchildren, Wesley GW Smith of Fairbanks, Alaska and Lorna Days of Dutch Harbor, Alaska; eleven great-grandchildren; fourteen great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great grandchild. She is also survived by her sister, Dorothy Zimmerman of Sun City, Arizona; sister-in-law, Lois Kirscher of Oceanside, California, sister-in-law Barbara Kirscher of Townsend, Montana and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband William E. Zabel July of 1999.