From the March 20, 2000 issue of The Country Chronicle
Hanover, NH–Elizabeth (Betty) Orcutt died March 4, 2000 after a long and satisfying life. She was in her 90th year.
Betty came to Hanover in 1932 from Berlin, NH, after studying elementary education at Keene Normal School.
She married her husband Stan in 1935 and had a son, William S. Orcutt of Manchester, NH; and a daughter, Sally Page of Hanover, NH; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Betty taught first grade in Hanover for 42 years and touched the lives of well over 1200 children. She was particularly renowned for easing out those first loose teeth of her students.
Betty was a lifelong lover of the ocean and became known as “Betty Beach” by her friends in Ogunquit, ME where she and Stan spent their summers.
A memorial service will be held for Betty at St. Thomas Church, Wheelock St., Hanover, NH on Saturday March 25th at 2 pm.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Visiting Nurse Alliance of VT and NH, Old Court House, Main St., White River Junction, VT 05001.