Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hoort, Betsy Allison 2005
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 13 Dec 2005

Betsy Allison Hoort,  August 13, 1984 - December 9, 2005. 

On December 9th, after nearly eight weeks in Pennock, Spectrum-Butterworth, and
University of Michigan Hospitals, Betsy lost the battle to heal her lungs and
went to be with God.  Betsy is survived by her parents, Doug and Peg; her older
brother, Andy; her grandparents, Bill and Muriel Newman of Royal Oak, MI, and
Ross and Billie Horwood of Ionia, MI; and numerous friends and family.  She was
preceded in death by her grandfather, Anton Hoort.  

Betsy touched lives in the Lakewood area, in Kalamazoo, in Scotland, and
anywhere her sassy smile and sharp tongue brightened a room.  Betsy loved her
friends and family, history, reading, and living life to its fullest.  She
carried each of these passions with her to Kalamazoo College where she was a
senior history major with plans to work in the educational department of a
museum.  Betsy has previously worked at Kalamazoo Valley Museum and The Grand
Rapids Public Museum where she shared her enthusiasm for learning and history
with children.  Her fondness for history led her to a unique job where she
performed ongoing archival work for a Kalamazoo family.  Betsy also became an
important part of many families while babysitting children, whom she loved and
considered her special little friends.  Her smile and compassion also touched
many people and their pet’s lives during the time she spent working at the
family veterinary clinic in Lake Odessa.  

Betsy’s family and friends would like her to be forever remembered for her
stubbornness, her intelligence, her smile and carefree attitude, her open and
honest personality, her quick wit, her ability to relate to anyone, and the
absolute love and compassion she showed those she cared for.  

Not often do people get to leave this world truly aware of their impact, but
over Betsy’s seven week battle to heal her lungs, she was able to witness the
love of her family, friends, and the many communities she had become a part of. 

A time of visitation with Betsy’s family will be held at the Koops Funeral
Chapel in Lake Odessa on Wednesday, December 14 from 5-8 p.m. and on Thursday
from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. A service to celebrate Betsy’s life and her Homegoing will
be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday at the Lakewood United Methodist Church (10265
E. Brown Road, Lake Odessa).  The family has suggested that memorial
contributions may be made to the Freeport, MI Public Library, or the Kalamazoo
Valley Museum.


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