Avis de décès de Betty Mitchell - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

Betty Mitchell, 85, passed away of natural causes in her La Jolla home on August 31, 2011. Her loved ones were at her bedside. Betty was born in Conway, Arkansas, on October 3, 1925, to John Cooke Waggoner and Nellie Dawson Waggoner.Betty began attending Arkansas State Teachers College but interrupted her studies in 1944 when she moved to Ft. Worth, Texas, with her sister, Maunelle Waggoner Martin, to work as a secretary at Convair. It was there that she met her future husband, Peter Mitchell. They were married that same year by Betty's grandfather, Pastor Clare Dawson, and moved to Austin, TX, for Pete to finish his degree in Engineering at the University of Texas. Betty held down three jobs to support them during this time.One year later with degree in hand, Pete and Betty moved back to Ft. Worth and Pete returned to Convair. Betty became a housewife and mother when they adopted their only child, Mindy Joan, in 1950.Pete and Betty became interested in numismatics over the following years and their collecting expanded to include a home business producing Plexiglas holders to display coins. They shipped these multi-colored holders nationwide to coin dealers and individual collectors.The family moved to San Diego in 1963 when Pete became an engineer at Astronautics. They fell in love with La Jolla and made the Village their home. They opened up Mitchell's Coin Shop on Girard Avenue in 1964 with Betty running the shop by herself until Pete retired and joined her a year later. Betty became one of a handful of experts in the United States in Ancient Greek and Roman coins and did consulting work for collectors, museums and auction houses all over the world. They retired from their business in 1981.Betty lost Pete, her soul mate of 56 years, in 2001. She continued to live in her downtown La Jolla condominium with her Chihuahua, Lucy, as her constant companion. She spent her time doing occasional consulting work, needlepoint, reading, traveling with her family and taking walks with Lucy. She could often be seen at lunchtime sitting at one of the many outdoor restaurants in the Village, Lucy sitting on her lap.Betty is survived by her daughter, Mindy Mitchell Barlow; niece, Nancy Martin Rikel; nephew, Chris Rikel; grandniece, Niccolette Rikel; and her beloved Chihuahua, Lucy.In keeping with Betty's wishes, there will be no funeral services.In lieu of flowers, a donation to the San Diego Humane Society in remembrance of Betty Mitchell would be greatly appreciated."For we know that if the earthly tent we live in istaken down, we will havea house in heaven, aneternal body made forus by God himself andnot by human hands."2 Corinthians 5:1-2