SSN was issued in Florida before 1951; last residence was Tucson.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson- March 6, 2002
Betty Frey, fighter for literacy, dies at 87
Betty J. Frey, who taught thousands of people how to read and was lauded nationally for her tireless volunteer work, died Friday. She was 87.
During her long career, Frey taught English to the king of Saudi Arabia and his family, met President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office and founded what eventually became Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, said her son, John.
"She lived right in the palace as royalty," he said of the time his mother spent in Saudi Arabia. Frey also taught in Amphitheater Public Schools for 25 years, her son said.
Frey, who had several strokes and seizures in the past year and was fighting a brain tumor, moved to Tucson with her family in 1950 for her husband's health, John Frey said. When he died three years later, she began teaching, he said.
She started literacy classes at the Pio Decimo Center in 1961, the beginning of the Literacy Volunteers, John Frey said.
She began training tutors shortly after, he said, and expanded her efforts through 19 states and Mexico. Literacy Volunteers grew to 27 literacy centers, with 225 tutors and 627 students last year.
Frey, who was born May 12, 1914, in Marietta, Ohio, received much recognition for her work, including the President's Service Award from the Points of Light Foundation, presented to her by Clinton in 1999.
Frey, who retired from formally teaching in 1979, graduated from Marietta College in 1937 and received her master's in reading and linguistics in 1966 from the University of Arizona. Also, until shortly before her death, she taught and supervised a literacy center at Catalina United Methodist Church.
She is survived by three sons, Richard of Redding, Calif., and John and Paul of Tucson; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway. Gifts may be sent to Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, 1948 E. Allen Road, Tucson, AZ 85719.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson- March 6, 2002
Betty Frey, fighter for literacy, dies at 87
Betty J. Frey, who taught thousands of people how to read and was lauded nationally for her tireless volunteer work, died Friday. She was 87.
During her long career, Frey taught English to the king of Saudi Arabia and his family, met President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office and founded what eventually became Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, said her son, John.
"She lived right in the palace as royalty," he said of the time his mother spent in Saudi Arabia. Frey also taught in Amphitheater Public Schools for 25 years, her son said.
Frey, who had several strokes and seizures in the past year and was fighting a brain tumor, moved to Tucson with her family in 1950 for her husband's health, John Frey said. When he died three years later, she began teaching, he said.
She started literacy classes at the Pio Decimo Center in 1961, the beginning of the Literacy Volunteers, John Frey said.
She began training tutors shortly after, he said, and expanded her efforts through 19 states and Mexico. Literacy Volunteers grew to 27 literacy centers, with 225 tutors and 627 students last year.
Frey, who was born May 12, 1914, in Marietta, Ohio, received much recognition for her work, including the President's Service Award from the Points of Light Foundation, presented to her by Clinton in 1999.
Frey, who retired from formally teaching in 1979, graduated from Marietta College in 1937 and received her master's in reading and linguistics in 1966 from the University of Arizona. Also, until shortly before her death, she taught and supervised a literacy center at Catalina United Methodist Church.
She is survived by three sons, Richard of Redding, Calif., and John and Paul of Tucson; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway. Gifts may be sent to Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, 1948 E. Allen Road, Tucson, AZ 85719.
SSN was issued in Florida before 1951; last residence was Tucson.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson- March 6, 2002
Betty Frey, fighter for literacy, dies at 87
Betty J. Frey, who taught thousands of people how to read and was lauded nationally for her tireless volunteer work, died Friday. She was 87.
During her long career, Frey taught English to the king of Saudi Arabia and his family, met President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office and founded what eventually became Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, said her son, John.
"She lived right in the palace as royalty," he said of the time his mother spent in Saudi Arabia. Frey also taught in Amphitheater Public Schools for 25 years, her son said.
Frey, who had several strokes and seizures in the past year and was fighting a brain tumor, moved to Tucson with her family in 1950 for her husband's health, John Frey said. When he died three years later, she began teaching, he said.
She started literacy classes at the Pio Decimo Center in 1961, the beginning of the Literacy Volunteers, John Frey said.
She began training tutors shortly after, he said, and expanded her efforts through 19 states and Mexico. Literacy Volunteers grew to 27 literacy centers, with 225 tutors and 627 students last year.
Frey, who was born May 12, 1914, in Marietta, Ohio, received much recognition for her work, including the President's Service Award from the Points of Light Foundation, presented to her by Clinton in 1999.
Frey, who retired from formally teaching in 1979, graduated from Marietta College in 1937 and received her master's in reading and linguistics in 1966 from the University of Arizona. Also, until shortly before her death, she taught and supervised a literacy center at Catalina United Methodist Church.
She is survived by three sons, Richard of Redding, Calif., and John and Paul of Tucson; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway. Gifts may be sent to Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, 1948 E. Allen Road, Tucson, AZ 85719.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson- March 6, 2002
Betty Frey, fighter for literacy, dies at 87
Betty J. Frey, who taught thousands of people how to read and was lauded nationally for her tireless volunteer work, died Friday. She was 87.
During her long career, Frey taught English to the king of Saudi Arabia and his family, met President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office and founded what eventually became Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, said her son, John.
"She lived right in the palace as royalty," he said of the time his mother spent in Saudi Arabia. Frey also taught in Amphitheater Public Schools for 25 years, her son said.
Frey, who had several strokes and seizures in the past year and was fighting a brain tumor, moved to Tucson with her family in 1950 for her husband's health, John Frey said. When he died three years later, she began teaching, he said.
She started literacy classes at the Pio Decimo Center in 1961, the beginning of the Literacy Volunteers, John Frey said.
She began training tutors shortly after, he said, and expanded her efforts through 19 states and Mexico. Literacy Volunteers grew to 27 literacy centers, with 225 tutors and 627 students last year.
Frey, who was born May 12, 1914, in Marietta, Ohio, received much recognition for her work, including the President's Service Award from the Points of Light Foundation, presented to her by Clinton in 1999.
Frey, who retired from formally teaching in 1979, graduated from Marietta College in 1937 and received her master's in reading and linguistics in 1966 from the University of Arizona. Also, until shortly before her death, she taught and supervised a literacy center at Catalina United Methodist Church.
She is survived by three sons, Richard of Redding, Calif., and John and Paul of Tucson; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway. Gifts may be sent to Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, 1948 E. Allen Road, Tucson, AZ 85719.
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