Cenotaph only, as actual burial is in Alander Cemetery, Mount Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States- #21647198
Elizabeth Cope "Betsy" Rice Kultgen, 83, died early Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, at home after a lengthy illness.
Visitation with the family will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. A memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey, with Mark Whitmer officiating. A memorial service will also be held next summer in Mt. Washington, Mass., followed by interment of Betsy's ashes in the Mt. Washington town cemetery.
Elizabeth Cope was born in Philadelphia, Pa., to the late Eleanor Garrett Rice and Edward L. Rice, the youngest of three sisters. Her family and extended family were Quakers with ties reaching back through many generations of Philadelphia Quakers.
When she was quite young, her parents divorced and her family grew to include two loving step-parents, Dr. Persia Campbell and Paul Sangree, along with four step-sisters and three new siblings. Betsy grew up among her large family in Philadelphia and New York, spending summers then and throughout her life at her family's summer home in the Berkshire Mountains in Mt. Washington, Mass. She graduated from Westtown School in Westtown, Pa., and attended Marietta College.
Betsy's first trips to Waco were to visit her sister, Nora, who had married and started a family here after World War II. Later on, she met David Kultgen through mutual friends at a Temple University vs. University of Texas football game in Philadelphia. Since David was attending Harvard Law School and she was working in Hingham, Mass., near Boston, they continued to see each other and were later married in Philadelphia in 1950. They settled in Waco, where David began his law practice.
Betsy and David have lived in Waco for the past 57 years, raising their children here and becoming beloved grandparents and great-grandparents. Her family recently helped her establish her ancestry from the original Mayflower Pilgrims by helping her join the Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Over the years, Betsy opened her heart and home to an almost uncountable number of stray dogs (and a few cats). Anyone who knew her understood her inability to leave an abandoned dog unclaimed, and her whole family is now "dog people" because of this quality. Her care of animals and first-hand knowledge of the suffering of abandoned pets led her to help form the Animal Aids Society of Waco and the Texas Humane Information Network, the latter being a group dedicated to lobbying for more stringent state animal welfare laws. Like her welcome for dogs, Betsy was a wonderfully generous person, giving to many people and causes.
Betsy was preceded in death by sisters, Eleanor "Nora" Rice Darden and Sydney Rice Katznelson; and step-sister, Joyce Sangree Green.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, David Burks Kultgen; sisters, Joan Rice Faulkner and Suzanne Sangree Tillinghast Bulkeley and husband, Ed; brother Edward "Ted" Rice and wife, Liz; step-sisters Katharine Sangree, Margaret Sangree Tuchrello and Ellen Sangree Mills; children, Edward Kultgen and wife, Donna, Peter Kultgen and wife, Marjorie, and Elizabeth Kultgen Nash and husband, Reuel; grandchildren, Kassandra Kultgen, Emily Hunter, Katie Kultgen, Marcus Kultgen, Claire Kultgen, Eleanor Nash, Ann Nash, Rebecca Nash and Alexandria Kultgen; and great-grandchildren, Jasmine Kultgen and Persia Staley; many beloved nieces, nephews and cousins; and she also loved the longtime friendship of former daughters-in-law, Kathleen Horner, Pat Kultgen, Candace Kultgen and Malvina Hunter.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/19/2007
Elizabeth Cope "Betsy" Rice Kultgen, 83, died early Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, at home after a lengthy illness.
Visitation with the family will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. A memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey, with Mark Whitmer officiating. A memorial service will also be held next summer in Mt. Washington, Mass., followed by interment of Betsy's ashes in the Mt. Washington town cemetery.
Elizabeth Cope was born in Philadelphia, Pa., to the late Eleanor Garrett Rice and Edward L. Rice, the youngest of three sisters. Her family and extended family were Quakers with ties reaching back through many generations of Philadelphia Quakers.
When she was quite young, her parents divorced and her family grew to include two loving step-parents, Dr. Persia Campbell and Paul Sangree, along with four step-sisters and three new siblings. Betsy grew up among her large family in Philadelphia and New York, spending summers then and throughout her life at her family's summer home in the Berkshire Mountains in Mt. Washington, Mass. She graduated from Westtown School in Westtown, Pa., and attended Marietta College.
Betsy's first trips to Waco were to visit her sister, Nora, who had married and started a family here after World War II. Later on, she met David Kultgen through mutual friends at a Temple University vs. University of Texas football game in Philadelphia. Since David was attending Harvard Law School and she was working in Hingham, Mass., near Boston, they continued to see each other and were later married in Philadelphia in 1950. They settled in Waco, where David began his law practice.
Betsy and David have lived in Waco for the past 57 years, raising their children here and becoming beloved grandparents and great-grandparents. Her family recently helped her establish her ancestry from the original Mayflower Pilgrims by helping her join the Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Over the years, Betsy opened her heart and home to an almost uncountable number of stray dogs (and a few cats). Anyone who knew her understood her inability to leave an abandoned dog unclaimed, and her whole family is now "dog people" because of this quality. Her care of animals and first-hand knowledge of the suffering of abandoned pets led her to help form the Animal Aids Society of Waco and the Texas Humane Information Network, the latter being a group dedicated to lobbying for more stringent state animal welfare laws. Like her welcome for dogs, Betsy was a wonderfully generous person, giving to many people and causes.
Betsy was preceded in death by sisters, Eleanor "Nora" Rice Darden and Sydney Rice Katznelson; and step-sister, Joyce Sangree Green.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, David Burks Kultgen; sisters, Joan Rice Faulkner and Suzanne Sangree Tillinghast Bulkeley and husband, Ed; brother Edward "Ted" Rice and wife, Liz; step-sisters Katharine Sangree, Margaret Sangree Tuchrello and Ellen Sangree Mills; children, Edward Kultgen and wife, Donna, Peter Kultgen and wife, Marjorie, and Elizabeth Kultgen Nash and husband, Reuel; grandchildren, Kassandra Kultgen, Emily Hunter, Katie Kultgen, Marcus Kultgen, Claire Kultgen, Eleanor Nash, Ann Nash, Rebecca Nash and Alexandria Kultgen; and great-grandchildren, Jasmine Kultgen and Persia Staley; many beloved nieces, nephews and cousins; and she also loved the longtime friendship of former daughters-in-law, Kathleen Horner, Pat Kultgen, Candace Kultgen and Malvina Hunter.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/19/2007
Cenotaph only, as actual burial is in Alander Cemetery, Mount Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States- #21647198
Elizabeth Cope "Betsy" Rice Kultgen, 83, died early Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, at home after a lengthy illness.
Visitation with the family will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. A memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey, with Mark Whitmer officiating. A memorial service will also be held next summer in Mt. Washington, Mass., followed by interment of Betsy's ashes in the Mt. Washington town cemetery.
Elizabeth Cope was born in Philadelphia, Pa., to the late Eleanor Garrett Rice and Edward L. Rice, the youngest of three sisters. Her family and extended family were Quakers with ties reaching back through many generations of Philadelphia Quakers.
When she was quite young, her parents divorced and her family grew to include two loving step-parents, Dr. Persia Campbell and Paul Sangree, along with four step-sisters and three new siblings. Betsy grew up among her large family in Philadelphia and New York, spending summers then and throughout her life at her family's summer home in the Berkshire Mountains in Mt. Washington, Mass. She graduated from Westtown School in Westtown, Pa., and attended Marietta College.
Betsy's first trips to Waco were to visit her sister, Nora, who had married and started a family here after World War II. Later on, she met David Kultgen through mutual friends at a Temple University vs. University of Texas football game in Philadelphia. Since David was attending Harvard Law School and she was working in Hingham, Mass., near Boston, they continued to see each other and were later married in Philadelphia in 1950. They settled in Waco, where David began his law practice.
Betsy and David have lived in Waco for the past 57 years, raising their children here and becoming beloved grandparents and great-grandparents. Her family recently helped her establish her ancestry from the original Mayflower Pilgrims by helping her join the Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Over the years, Betsy opened her heart and home to an almost uncountable number of stray dogs (and a few cats). Anyone who knew her understood her inability to leave an abandoned dog unclaimed, and her whole family is now "dog people" because of this quality. Her care of animals and first-hand knowledge of the suffering of abandoned pets led her to help form the Animal Aids Society of Waco and the Texas Humane Information Network, the latter being a group dedicated to lobbying for more stringent state animal welfare laws. Like her welcome for dogs, Betsy was a wonderfully generous person, giving to many people and causes.
Betsy was preceded in death by sisters, Eleanor "Nora" Rice Darden and Sydney Rice Katznelson; and step-sister, Joyce Sangree Green.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, David Burks Kultgen; sisters, Joan Rice Faulkner and Suzanne Sangree Tillinghast Bulkeley and husband, Ed; brother Edward "Ted" Rice and wife, Liz; step-sisters Katharine Sangree, Margaret Sangree Tuchrello and Ellen Sangree Mills; children, Edward Kultgen and wife, Donna, Peter Kultgen and wife, Marjorie, and Elizabeth Kultgen Nash and husband, Reuel; grandchildren, Kassandra Kultgen, Emily Hunter, Katie Kultgen, Marcus Kultgen, Claire Kultgen, Eleanor Nash, Ann Nash, Rebecca Nash and Alexandria Kultgen; and great-grandchildren, Jasmine Kultgen and Persia Staley; many beloved nieces, nephews and cousins; and she also loved the longtime friendship of former daughters-in-law, Kathleen Horner, Pat Kultgen, Candace Kultgen and Malvina Hunter.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/19/2007
Elizabeth Cope "Betsy" Rice Kultgen, 83, died early Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, at home after a lengthy illness.
Visitation with the family will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. A memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey, with Mark Whitmer officiating. A memorial service will also be held next summer in Mt. Washington, Mass., followed by interment of Betsy's ashes in the Mt. Washington town cemetery.
Elizabeth Cope was born in Philadelphia, Pa., to the late Eleanor Garrett Rice and Edward L. Rice, the youngest of three sisters. Her family and extended family were Quakers with ties reaching back through many generations of Philadelphia Quakers.
When she was quite young, her parents divorced and her family grew to include two loving step-parents, Dr. Persia Campbell and Paul Sangree, along with four step-sisters and three new siblings. Betsy grew up among her large family in Philadelphia and New York, spending summers then and throughout her life at her family's summer home in the Berkshire Mountains in Mt. Washington, Mass. She graduated from Westtown School in Westtown, Pa., and attended Marietta College.
Betsy's first trips to Waco were to visit her sister, Nora, who had married and started a family here after World War II. Later on, she met David Kultgen through mutual friends at a Temple University vs. University of Texas football game in Philadelphia. Since David was attending Harvard Law School and she was working in Hingham, Mass., near Boston, they continued to see each other and were later married in Philadelphia in 1950. They settled in Waco, where David began his law practice.
Betsy and David have lived in Waco for the past 57 years, raising their children here and becoming beloved grandparents and great-grandparents. Her family recently helped her establish her ancestry from the original Mayflower Pilgrims by helping her join the Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Over the years, Betsy opened her heart and home to an almost uncountable number of stray dogs (and a few cats). Anyone who knew her understood her inability to leave an abandoned dog unclaimed, and her whole family is now "dog people" because of this quality. Her care of animals and first-hand knowledge of the suffering of abandoned pets led her to help form the Animal Aids Society of Waco and the Texas Humane Information Network, the latter being a group dedicated to lobbying for more stringent state animal welfare laws. Like her welcome for dogs, Betsy was a wonderfully generous person, giving to many people and causes.
Betsy was preceded in death by sisters, Eleanor "Nora" Rice Darden and Sydney Rice Katznelson; and step-sister, Joyce Sangree Green.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, David Burks Kultgen; sisters, Joan Rice Faulkner and Suzanne Sangree Tillinghast Bulkeley and husband, Ed; brother Edward "Ted" Rice and wife, Liz; step-sisters Katharine Sangree, Margaret Sangree Tuchrello and Ellen Sangree Mills; children, Edward Kultgen and wife, Donna, Peter Kultgen and wife, Marjorie, and Elizabeth Kultgen Nash and husband, Reuel; grandchildren, Kassandra Kultgen, Emily Hunter, Katie Kultgen, Marcus Kultgen, Claire Kultgen, Eleanor Nash, Ann Nash, Rebecca Nash and Alexandria Kultgen; and great-grandchildren, Jasmine Kultgen and Persia Staley; many beloved nieces, nephews and cousins; and she also loved the longtime friendship of former daughters-in-law, Kathleen Horner, Pat Kultgen, Candace Kultgen and Malvina Hunter.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/19/2007
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