Betty Hadfield Obituary
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In keeping with Betty's wishes, there will be no services. Arrangements are entrusted to French Funeral Home, Edwards. Condolences may be shared online at www.frenchfuneralhomes.com.
Betty was born on December 31, 1947 in Gouverneur, NY to the late Owen and Iva (Patchin) Tyler. She graduated from Gouverneur Central School and then went to Nursing School at St. Lawrence BOCES.
On October 17, 1964, she married John W. Hadfield, Jr. at the Gouverneur United Methodist Church. John passed away on October 1, 2025. Betty worked as a ward clerk in Arizona, before moving back to New York where she was a nurse aid at Clifton-Fine Hospital in Star Lake. In her free time, Betty enjoyed sewing, crocheting, knitting, reading and doing puzzle books. She was a member of the Fowler Baptist Church.
Surviving is her four children, Kenneth and Melissa Hadfield of Russell, John Hadfield III of Fullerville, Sandra and Frank Bango of Harrisville and Elizabeth "Liz" and Joe Johnson of Utah; and six grandchildren, ten great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Betty is predeceased by her husband, John; her parents; three brothers, Frank, Leon and Owen Tyler and nine sisters, Maria Klock, Mary Jane Solon, Marlene Hadfield, Marletha "Candy" Jones, Marjorie Crowner, Minabell Bressett, Carol Crowner, Barbara Tyler and Cecilia Tyler.
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