Betty Marie Eckert ^{2 4}

   FamilySearch ID: LR3Z-VGY.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Three Rivers, St. Joseph, MI. ⁶ The 1920 census recorded renting for $20 month at 222 Middle Street in Three Rivers: Donald Hathaway, electric co. lineman, 22, living with wife Betty, 18. He was born in Michigan and she in Kentucky. In 1935 he lived in White Pigeon MI and she in Flint MI.

2. Residence: on 13 Sep 1946 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ²

3. Residence: Bayshore Road, Fort Myers, FL on 8 Dec 1954 in Fort Myers, Lee, FL. ⁷

4. She was divorced (Cook, Cyrus Beecher and Betty Marie, Lee County) in 1955 in , Lee, Florida, United States. ³

5. Obituary: News-Press on 7 Dec 1982 in Fort Myers, Lee, FL. ⁵ Betty M. Townsend, 61 of N. Ft. Myers died Sunday, Dec. 5, 1982 in Lee Memorial Hospital. She is survived by 1 son, Cyrus Cook of New Port Richie; 1 daughter, Mrs Jim (Sarah) Reiger of N. Ft. Myers; her mother, Mrs. Grace Evans; brother, William Eckart of Plant City; 1 sister, Alice Smith of Elkhart, Indiana; 2 grandchildren, several nieces & nephews.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 PM at Leo W. Engelhardt Funeral Home with Father Emilian Swiatecki of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church officiating. Interment will be in Lee Memorial Park, Lehigh Acres. The family will receive friends today from 1-3 and 6-8 PM at the funeral home.

Betty married Donald Wayne Hathaway on 22 Oct 1938 in Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, United States.¹ The marriage ended in divorce on 1 Feb 1946. (Donald Wayne Hathaway was born on 30 Apr 1918 in White Pigeon, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States,⁸ died on 26 Sep 1981 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States ⁸ and was buried in Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States ⁸.)

Betty next married Cyrus Beecher Cook IV, son of Cyrus Beecher Cook III and Blanche Nola Dunn, on 13 Sep 1946 in LaGrange, Indiana, United States.^{2 3} The marriage ended in divorce in 1955. (Cyrus Beecher Cook IV was born on 12 Oct 1908 in Cynthiana, Harrison, KY,^{2 9} died on 15 Sep 1985 in Walterboro, Colleton, SC, United States ^{10 11} and was buried on 20 Sep 1985 in Walterboro, Colleton, SC, United States ^{10 11}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. They were divorced in Lee, Florida, United States.

Betty next married Alden March Townsend. The marriage ended in divorce on 7 Dec 1982. (Alden March Townsend was born on 14 Jul 1928 in Albany, Albany, NY ¹² and died on 5 Apr 2004 in Lee, Florida, United States ¹².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. They were divorced on 7 Dec 1982 in Lee, Florida, United States.