Betty Hosfield

(From Clark Funeral Home)

Betty Lou Hosfield was born on July 11, 1935 in Paris, Texas to Cecil B. Hosfield and Alice Graham Hosfield. When she was a toddler, her family relocated to Neosho, MO where she was raised with her older brother Thomas and younger sister MaryAnn.

She attended Central Elementary School before graduating from Neosho High School in 1954. From the age of 10 until her marriage she was the organist for St. Canera's Church. She and Harold "Dean" Cope were married there on December 19, 1954.

She studied for her teaching degree at Joplin Junior College, University of Kansas-Pittsburgh, The College of the Desert and Arizona State University where she received her B. A (1972) and Masters (1978) in Education.

Betty began her teaching career at Cathedral City Elementary School in California, later teaching at the Mohave, Pueblo, Cherokee and Cocopah schools in Scottsdale, Arizona. She retired in 1997. She was active for many years with PEO and enjoyed her bridge club.

She was preceded in death by her husband Dean, three daughters Mary, Joan and Jeanne, and brother Thomas. Survived by her children Lance, Kelly and Greg (Vicki), grandchildren Jason, Stephanie (Ryan), Ashley (Gary) and great-grandchildren Ashton, Devin, Aria, Cambria, and Carson, her sister and brother-in-law MaryAnn and Bob Toft, nieces Kathy Hosfield, Mary H. Poage along with their children and her nephew Tim Hosfield.

A Memorial Service will be held at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Scottsdale. Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated on July 11 at 10:00AM at St. Camera Catholic Church, Neosho, MO, followed by internment in the Neosho I.O.O.F Cemetery.