ELIZABETH HUTCHON “BETTY” MAIN, OF KIRKCALDY, ALBERTA WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOR JANUARY 22, 1999 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
BETTY WAS BORN NOVEMBER 9, 1924 AT ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND TO JOHN AND JESSIE MIDDLETON. SHE ATTENDED WOODSIDE AND HILTON SCHOOLS.
ALTHOUGH SHE DIDN’T LIKE SCHOOL SHE WAS POPULAR WITH HER CLASSMATES AND TEACHERS DUE TO HER OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY. BETTY WORKED AS A WEAVER AT A WOOLMILL THAT PRODUCED WORLD FAMOUS “CROMLIE” COATS, UNTIL SHE MET MET JOSEPH REGINALD GEORGE MAIN WHILE HE WAS SERVING CANADA DURING THE WAR. THEY WERE MARRIED IN MARCH OF 1944 IN ABERDEEN.
BETTY ARRIVED IN HALIFAX AS A WAR BRIDE ON A BOAT NAMED “CANADA” IN 1946. SHE TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO MEET JOE IN CARSTAIRS, ALBERTA. IN 1947 THEY MOVED TO KIRKCALDY. BETTY RAISED HER FAMILY THERE UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1964. BETTY BEGAN WORKING PART TIME FOR THE POST OFFICE AT KIRKCALDY AND CONTINUED WORKING PART-TIME AT THE VULCAN POST OFFICE. AFTER WORKING FOR CANADA POST FOR SOME TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS SHE RETIRED AND RETURNED TO KIRKCALDY IN 1984, WHERE SHE HAS CONTINUED TO RESIDE SINCE.
BETTY LOVED MUSIC, SINGING AND IN HER YOUNGER YEARS, LEARNED BALL ROOM DANCING AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH DANCES INCLUDING THE HIGHLAND FLING AND THE SWORD DANCE. SHE ENJOYED THE SOUND OF THE BAGPIPES, SINGING IN BOTH THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CHOIRS. BETTY HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AND THE ABILITY TO SEE THE GOOD IN PEOPLE AND IN MOST SITUATIONS.
HER FAMILY WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN BOTH KIRKCALDY AND VULCAN AS A MEMBER OF CANDLELIGHT CIRCLE, WOMEN’S INSTITUTE WHERE SHE SERVED AS PRESIDENT, TREASURER, CONSTITUENCY COUNCILOR FOR TWIN BOW WOMEN’S INSTITUTE AND PAST PRESIDENT OF KIRKCALDY COMMUNITY CLUB.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS WENDY MAIN OF CHILLIWACK AND DIANNA MAIN OF CALGARY, A SON DAVID MAIN, TWO GRANDCHILDREN GWEN AND JOSEPH ALL OF YELLOWKNIFE, A SISTER JANEY HENDERSON OF ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
BETTY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND AND BEST FRIEND JOE IN 1989, A SISTER MABEL AND HER PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY JANUARY 28, 1999 AT 1:30 P.M. AT CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
HONORARY BEARERS WERE DON AND MARY MALLORY, JOHN AND BETTY ROEBUCK, HARRY AND LAURA STODDARD AND TED HAMES.
CASKET BEARERS WERE JERRY WYLIE, DON MALLORY JR., BERT SEMENOFF, BILL SMITH, BUD LAWSON.AND JOHN SCATTERGOOD.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, TRIBUTES IN BETTY’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT, VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE BOX 299, VULCAN TOL 2BO.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633.