Elizabeth Frances Sheridan

Elizabeth Frances Sheridan, born December 7, 1933, in Evanston, IL to Robert and Esther Tyler, passed away on December 5, 2021, at 87 years of age.
Raised in Chicago, IL, Betty, as she was called, attended a Catholic girls’ school, and graduated at Immaculata Catholic High School in 1951. She set out to work as a secretary at one of the largest buildings for Merchandise Mart in Chicago. She attended a dance at St. Viator’s where she met her husband, James Sheridan. After they settled in the Chicago area for nineteen years and raising three daughters, Susan, Colleen, and Mary Louise, Betty and her family drove out to Brea, CA to make a home for twenty-eight years.
While in the Chicago area, Betty worked night shift at Ampex Corporation by working hard on her feet making recordings from large reels into cassettes. She then worked at Honeywell by comfortably taking service calls. In California, she worked for eleven years until retirement at Hughes Aircraft in Fullerton. At Hughes, Betty input all the codes into the computer from the engineers.
Later, Betty moved with her husband Jim to Placentia. She lived there for sixteen years. Nine of the first years was with her husband Jim before he passed on. Mom volunteered and was an active participant for years at the Yorba Linda Senior Center. She also was an active member at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Placentia. She and her husband, Jim volunteered as Eucharistic Ministers during Communion each weekend mass.
Betty enjoyed gardening, creating ornaments, home decorations, and crafting exquisite jewelry. She made and gave to many friends and family. She also loved to swim and was an active participant in water aerobics in her retirement community. Betty enjoyed going out with her boyfriend, Tony Alustiza for events at the Yorba Linda Senior Center. They enjoyed many festivities there with their friends, exercised, watched movies, sang songs, and danced.
Shortly after moving to a care home in Upland, CA, Betty died from respiratory failure that was caused from lung cancer.
Betty is survived by her daughters, Susan of Las Vegas, NV, Colleen of Grand Prairie, TX, Mary Louise of Upland, CA, Granddaughters Jessica, Erin, Caitlin, Kelly Anne, Lauren, Briana, and Great Grandchildren Jayden, Jenna, and Emma. She is also survived by her brothers, Michael “Mike” of San Diego, Steven “Steve” of Ocala, FL, sisters, Clara “Clare” of Gilberts, IL, Mary of Oswego, IL, Anne of Winston-Salem, NC, several cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Plans for a Celebration of Life will begin with a service on Tuesday, January 25, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Placentia. A lunch will follow shortly after. The next day on Wednesday, January 26, at 10:30 a.m., there will be the internment at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, CA.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Lung Association or the American Cancer Society.