ELIZABETH CHRISTINE FRENCH's Obituary
Elizabeth “Betty” Christine Drury French Born Easter Sunday, March 27th, 1910 at home in Richmond. Died Tuesday December 10th, 2002 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek, age 92 years, 8 months and 13 days. Beloved wife for 62 years of the late Kendric Richard French who died in 1998. She was a resident of Walnut Creek since 1933, a direct descendant of the Fowler, Hargrave, Harlan and Smith pioneer families who immigrated to California from 1843- 1846, a sixth generation Californian, a graduate of the former University High School in Oakland, she received her Bachelor of Arts from the California College of Art and Crafts, her Masters in Education from San Francisco State University, a special education teacher for 36 years with the Mt. Diablo School District when she retired in 1975, a charter member of the Walnut Creek Historical Society, a past Regent and 50+ year member of the Anne Loucks Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, a past President and member of the former Walnut Creek Women’s Club, a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, American Association of University Women, Mt. Diablo Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons, Contra Costa County Historical Society and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She is survived by her twin daughters, Janet Louise French Ward of Kepple Sands, Queensland, Australia and Julia Christine French Maxwell of Bolinas, two grandsons, Geoffrey Lloyd Denis Ward of Ascot Dale, Victoria, Australia, and William Richard Maxwell of Mountain View, four granddaughters, Katherine Elizabeth Ward of Canberra, ACT, Australia, Elizabeth Christine Maxwell Heidt of Walnut Creek, Suzanne Christine Ward of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Freda Dorothy Weitzer of Bolinas, two great-grandchildren Austin Gabriel Heidt and Emma Claire Heidt of Walnut Creek and her niece Suzanne Clare Bradbury of Deia, Majorca, Spain. At Betty’s request, there will be no memorial service. She will be cremated and interred at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland. In lieu of flowers contributions in her memory may be made to the Mt. Diablo Peace Center 55 Eckley Lane Walnut Creek, California 94596 or your favorite charity. The family will be receiving guests at Betty’s family home Casa Cristina 1632 Live Oak Way Walnut Creek on Sunday, January 12th, 2003 at two o’clock in the afternoon. Please bring your memories of Betty for all to share and enjoy. “What is my life -a mystery Which I cannot explain I know not of my history From where or whence I came Into life’s great sea I drifted Into an unknown dayAnd when that day is ended I’ll drift back in the unseen way” I By Betty’s mother, Bessie Clare Hargrave Drury
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