This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Betts, Chaffin Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADI/1588 Message Board Post: The Idaho Statesman | Edition Date: December 18, 2005 Mavis L. Betts, Donnelly, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2004 at her home in Caldwell with her family beside her. Services will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005 at the Heikkila Funeral Chapel, McCall, with Pastor Tom Penry officiating. Mavis was born in Montpelier, Idaho, she graduated from Nampa High School, and attended the Dorothy Tomas School of Retail and Design in Philadelphia, Pa. and the New York School of Interior Design. She married George Betts of Nampa and together they had a life full of travel and experiences as his work took them to Seattle; Columbus, Ohio; New York, N.Y.; Seoul, Korea; Hong Kong; Los Angeles; Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica; Memphis, Tenn. and back to Idaho and Donnelly. During her travels she had opportunity to experience many cultures and diligently applied them to her skills as a fashion designer and interior designer. Her greatest joys in life were visiting new places and having lots of unusual experiences. As she often said life is only a series of experiences so you should enjoy all of them for their unique value. Her parents Erwin and Eunice Chaffin passed away in 1991. She leaves behind her lifelong soul mate George Betts, son Anthony Betts, sister Shannon Benedict, and brother Russell Chaffin. Contributions, in lieu of flowers, can be made in the name of Mavis Betts Scholarship Fund and addressed to Sterling Bank, 900 Second Street, McCall, ID 83638.