Betty Lois (Weber) Dewey

     Betty Lois (Weber) Dewey, 95, passed away on October 11, 2021 at Water’s Edge Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Middletown, CT.

     Betty was born on July 16, 1926 in Divernon, Illinois to Clarence A. and Mary (Beaty) Weber.  After graduating from Galva (IL) High School in 1944, she attended Beloit College in Wisconsin for one year before transferring to the University of Connecticut.  As Betty would often explain, her family had moved to Connecticut, and it was too difficult traveling to the East Coast to visit because of the necessity of “troop trains” during World War II, so she too moved east. At UConn, she particularly enjoyed attending math classes with veterans, as she was one of the few women math majors. After graduating from UConn in 1948, she was employed by Pratt and Whitney Division of the United Aircraft Corporation as an engineering aide in their research department.  She often spoke of working in the “wind tunnels.” She was our family’s very own “Rosie the Riveter!”  Betty also earned a Masters Degree in Education from UConn in 1953.

     Betty was widely known for her love of baseball.  As a child she relished taking the train to Chicago to watch her beloved Cubs play at Wrigley Field in lieu of listening to games on the radio in the 1930s.  She later became a huge Yankee fan.

     In November 1950, Betty married her high school sweetheart Charles A (“Al”) Dewey and they settled in Stamford, CT.  They also lived in Springfield, NJ, Midlothian, VA, and Martinsburg, WV, before returning to Connecticut in 2000.  Betty had a very successful career as a middle-school math teacher in both New Jersey and Virginia.

     Betty was predeceased by her parents, her husband in 2004, and her sister Jane Ruck in 2009.  She is survived by four children, Betsy Dewey (Robert Mattia) of Hampton Twp., NJ, James Dewey of Middletown, CT, Mary Dewey (Jean Pierre Barski) of Richmond, VT, and Andrew Dewey (Carol) of Cromwell, CT; eight grandchildren, Tim, Lisa, and Daniel Dewey-Mattia, Masha Dewey-Barski, and Peter, David, Erica, and Monica Dewey.  She also has four great grandchildren. 

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