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Betty Lee Mosley

May 6, 1935 – December 13, 2016

Betty Lee Mosley, a resident of College Place, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016 in the Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla. She was 81 years old. No services are planned at this time.

Mrs. Mosley was born May 6, 1935 in Denver, Colorado. She was the daughter of James W. Anderson and Emogene B (McKenny) Anderson. As a young girl she had attended various schools and later moved with her family to Waitsburg, where she graduated from high school. After high school she had attended two years of nursing college at St. Mary's Hospital. She married Bert T. Mosley on May 29, 1955 in Waitsburg. She had worked for the telephone company in Walla Walla for a time and later in Fresno and Glendale, California. The family then moved to New Jersey where she worked in sales. In 1973, they moved to Seattle. The couple later purchased the Air Cargo Express Company where Mrs. Mosley helped run the company until they retired and sold the company in 1995. During retirement, the couple had enjoyed several years of traveling around the country in their RV.

Betty had been a member of the Lions Club of Keno, Oregon and will be remembered as a special person that was loved by everyone she met. She was a devoted to her family in all ways.

Survivors include her husband Bert Mosley of College Place, a daughter, Terrie Lee Mosley Campbell of Maple Valley, Wa.; a brother –in- law, Don Mosley of Enumclaw, Wa., and a sister- in- law, Darleen Wheeler of Walla Walla, Wa., Numerous nieces and nephews also survive. She was preceded in her death by her parents, a sister, Phyllis Rubel and a brother, Beigh McLaughlin.

Memorial contributions in her memory may be directed to the Walla Walla Valley Hospice and may be sent care of the Mountain View Colonial-DeWitt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, Wa, 99362. Mountain View –Colonial Dewitt is entrusted with the arrangements.

 

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