Betty Bise Wuerthner

Betty E. Wuerthner, 78, of Farmington, wife of W. Keith Wuerthner, passed away Thursday March 29, 2012 at the UConn Medical Center in Farmington. She was born August 21, 1933 in Richlands, VA, the daughter of the late Margie Van Dyke Bise and Dewey Bise. As a young girl she moved to Butte, MT where her stepfather, Woodrow T. Shrader worked in the copper mines for the US Army. She graduated from Butte Public High School in 1952 where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She attended Montana State University in Missoula where she majored in Business Administration and was a member of the Royaleers, the university's square dance club. As a "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi," she was married on September 15, 1956 in Butte, MT to W. Keith Wuerthner, her college sweetheart, and traveled and lived in several different areas of the country while her husband was in the U.S. Army and employed by several different companies. She worked in the accounting department of Thiokol Chemical Corporation in Brigham City, UT and in the marketing department of the small motors division of General Electric in Fort Wayne, IN. She was the office manager for the Roanoke, VA Council of Garden Clubs before moving to Connecticut in 1976. In 1975 she became an accredited flower show judge of the National Council of Garden Clubs. In Farmington she continued her interst in the Garden clubs organization where she served as a two-term president of Farmington's Tunxis Garden Club and then joined the West Hartford Garden Club of 1989. At the time of her death she was a master flower show judge and judged many local garden club shows around the state as well as the state flower and garden show in Hartford. She also did many special programs on flower arranging in Connecticut. For several years she had her own flower design and arranging business in Farmington. Betty was an accomplished flower arranger and did many Japanese-style arrangements. She was a member and teacher of the International Sogetsu School of Japanese Flower Arranging including Connecticut organization. She was a life member of the National Council of Garden Clubs, a life member of Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, a master judge emeritus of the Connecticut Judges Council and a 53-year plus member of the Corinne Chapter of Eastern Star in Corinne, UT. For many years she was the treasurer of the East Farms Water Supply Association, Inc. In addition to her husband, her sister, Alice G. Hickey of Perkasie, PA; a sister-in-law, Mary Anne Wuerthner of Arlington, VA; eight nephews and nieces, numerous great nephews and nieces and several great grand nephews and nieces around the country survive her. Calling hours for Betty are Monday evening 5 to 8 PM at the Carlson Funeral Home, 45 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT 06051. Funeral services and burial are private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to one of the following, Lions Club of New Britain, Charities for Eye Projects, PO Box 1933, New Britain, CT 06051 or the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, 103 Vision Way, Bloomfield, CT 06002, or to the New Britain Salvation Army, 78 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT 06051. The Carlson Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Please share a memory or note of sympathy by "clicking" SEND CONDOLENCES at the bottom of the page.

Betty Bise Wuerthner

August 21, 1933 - March 29, 2012

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August 21, 1933 - March 29, 2012

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