Elizabeth Lillion "Betty" McGinty

May 5, 1950 -- Sept. 13, 2009

Funeral services will be held for Elizabeth "Betty" McGinty, 59, of Arago, at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Arago Community Church. Pastor Tom Morris will officiate. Burial will be at Norway Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, at Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service -- Coquille Chapel.

Elizabeth was born May 5, 1950, in North Bend, to Adelbert and Flora (Akin) Johnson. She died Sept. 13, 2009, at her home in Arago.

Betty married John McGinty on Nov. 4, 1982, in Reno, Nev.

She loved children and was a foster parent for 12 years. She also did day care in her home for many years. Betty was a member of the Coquille VFW Auxiliary Post No. 965 and was district president last year. She also was a member of the Red Hats (the charming chicks of Coquille) and the Arago Community Church.

She loved traveling with her family and had traveled all over the U.S. and Hawaii many times. She loved visiting with friends and family, playing cribbage and Skip-Bo and she was always on the go. Her blue van and numerous other vans were always going up and down the county roads running errands for the kids and her husband who loved her very much.

Betty is survived by her husband, John; children, Melinda Jo, Carman and Angie McGinty all of Arago, Johnny Padgett and his companion, Cathy of Canby, Becky Padgett of Corvallis and Jerry Padgett and his wife, Davena of Roseburg; sister, Carol Weathers of Coquille; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Arrangements are under the direction of Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service -- Coquille Chapel, 396-3846.

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This obituary was originally published in The World.