Betty Jane Walters

     Betty Jane (Meister Goodwin) Walters, of San Andreas, passed away on July 14, 2012 at Mark Twain Convalescent Home after a brief illness.
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    Mrs. Walters was the widow of John Julian Walters, Sr. She was born June 23, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Ruth (Meyer) and Louis F. Meister, M.D.


   She graduated from the College of William and Mary and received her Master's Degree from Hillyer College, now the University of Hartford.

   Mrs. Walters taught for many years at Sharon Center School and Valley Springs Elementary School in Valley Springs.

   She is survived by her step-children, John J. Walters Jr. and his wife Diane of Millerton, New York and Julianna Tygart and her husband Robert of Torrington, Connecticut, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

   In addition to her husband she was pre-deceased by her first husband, Hezekiah Goodwin and twin sons, Hezekiah E. and Louis F. Goodwin.

    Memorial services will be held at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, San Andreas, where she was an active member, on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 11 AM, followed  by a reception in the fellowship hall..