Betty Louise Stewart

On February 7, 1928 Betty Louise (Mauk) Stewart was born a “coal miner’s daughter” in West Newton,
PA to Mary Belle (Brandon) Mauk & Lloyd Emerson Mauk. The Mauks had two daughters Betty & Helen.
In 1937 the girls lost their mom due to complications in pregnancy. Lloyd remarried and Betty had 3 half
siblings from that marriage, Lloyd, Emerson & Janet.

At the age of 19, Betty went to stay with her uncle Ted Brandon, a merchant marine in Southern
California, where she met Robert Lawrence Stewart (Bob). Faced with the end of her stay in CA, the
young couple snuck off and eloped in Quartzsite, AZ! Upon Betty’s insistence the church wedding was
soon to follow at Manhattan Beach Community Church (then at the Highland address).

Betty, a homemaker, & Bob, an aerospace engineer, lived in So. CA and had 3 children, Mary, Sharon, &
Robert (Larry). They attended Manhattan Beach Community Church, where Betty was a member for 57
years. They were married from 1947 until Bob’s death in 1989.

When Betty’s children were older, she had a couple of part time jobs. She worked as a student monitor at
the high school that her children attended, and later as a CNA-care giver. Betty was a master knitter, an
avid walker & reader, she was very involved in the church activities and had a big social life, with many
friends. Betty was blessed with and adored by 3 granddaughters, Kelsey & Robin Stewart & Katrina Meek
(Romance), 1 step-grandson, Evan Romance, and 2 (Meek) great grand children, Aubree, Bennett.

In 2004 Betty moved to the White Mountains of Arizona to be near her daughter, Sharon. She attended
the Presbyterian Church in Pinetop, was a member of the Show Low KnitWits and enjoyed a very close
friendship with Pat Dora, enjoying books and conversation together.

On Friday, November 8, 2019 Betty passed away peacefully and surrounded with love. She is survived by
Mary (Tom) Yeargin of Hammond, Indiana, Sharon (Tim) Romance of Lakeside, Arizona, Larry (Kathie)
Stewart of Grapevine, Texas and their above-mentioned children. Please join us in saying goodbye to
Betty, Sunday, November 17 at 2:00 p.m. at Owens Livingston Mortuary - White Mountain Chapel, 320 N. 9th Street,  Show Low, AZ.