1934 – 2011 - Mrs. Betty Cripps, wife of Thomas Cripps, of Bridge St., Bathurst, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Georges L. Dumont Hospital in Moncton. She was the daughter of the late William A. Pinet and Edith Branch.
Besides her husband, Betty is survived by her daughters Lynda (Michael Duguay) and Susan (Robert ‘Buck” Hebert) both of Bathurst, granddaughter Melissa Duguay (J. P. Goulard), and two great grandchildren, Chase and Cali Elizabeth. She is also survived by her sisters Ethel Ferguson (late Ken), Kathleen Doiron (late Antonio), and Patsy Savoie (Clarence); and by sisters-in-law Margaret Rioux (late Paul), Teresa Murray (late Arthur “Bud”), Mary McBreen (Jim), Eleanor Cripps, and by brother-in-laws William “Billy” Cripps and Antoine Gosselin and sister-in-laws Mildred Pinet (Billy) and Anne-Marie Pinet (Dennis). She was predeceased by her parents, and infant sister Mary, brothers Raymond, Billy, and Dennis, sisters Edith, Winnie, and Jean.
Family will receive friends and visitors after 2 p.m. Sunday at Elhatton`s Funeral Home (www.elhatton.com), Bathurst. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday (March 28, 2011) at 2 p.m. from the Sacred Heart Cathedral, St. Andrew St., Bathurst. Visiting hours are Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Donations in memory of Betty can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society, Chaleur Regional Hospital Foundation or the Auberge Henri Cormier in Moncton.