Betsy L. Wilson

76, of Maynard & formerly of Acton, died of lung cancer March 23, 2008. She was the wife of the late William E. Wilson Jr. She was born in Buffalo, NY and graduated from the Buffalo Seminary private school. She attended Laselle College but was invited not to return due to her lack of interest in obeying curfew. She went on to the University of Buffalo. Betsy & Bill married in 1954 & owned Nagog Kennels in Acton where they bred show AKC Basset Hounds. They also had goats, sheep, rabbits & a horse. They liked to ski, golf & play cards. Betsy had been a dog officer, a notary public & a deputy sheriff. She had worked for Raytheon, Palmer Kennels & the Town of Acton as Collector of Taxes. Recently she worked at the Maynard Food Pantry, Emerson Hospital Patient Transportation & as an election warden for the Town of Maynard. She has traveled to Alaska with her neighbors; Ireland & Australia with her family; England & Europe with her coworkers; Russia, Africa & a Grateful Dead concert with her best friend Kathy Crockett. She leaves her sisters, Ann Shub of Buffalo NY, Nancy Kingman of York PA; her in-laws, Janet & Richard Holmes of Chelmsford, Dolores & Robert Wilson of Framingham; her nieces & nephews, James Kingman of Shrewsbury PA, William Kingman of York PA, Sally Harvey of Wrightsville PA, Richard Holmes Jr. of Acton, Stephen Holmes of Framingham, Jeffrey Holmes of Westwood, Cynthia Sullivan of Chelmsford, Suzanne Sorensen of Hubbardston, Donald Wilson Jr. of Malden, Heidi Wilson of Auburn, Beth Duplessis of Marlboro, Robin Downing of Medway, Robert Wilson Jr. of Groton, Leanne Wilson of Westboro; & her cat Rasputin. Join us in celebrating Betsy's life over coffee & her favorite indulgences on Saturday, April 5 from 4-8:00 at Deer Hedge Run, Club House, Powder Mill Rd., Maynard. She will be cremated & buried on a later date at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne. Memorial donations could be made to her favorite charities: The Heifer Project, the Alzheimer Foundation of America & the Maynard Food Pantry. And get a chest x-ray.