Barbara Louise Betrix, age 78, passed away peacefully on August 2, 2019 at the Harbor Chase Assisted Living Facility in Palm Harbor, FL. Barbara was born on July 8, 1941 in Wilkes Barre, PA, the daughter of Theodore Johnson and Alice Bennett Johnson. After high school she graduated from Geisinger Nursing School. She retired as an Intensive Care Unit Nurse from St. Luke’s hospital after 33 years, to take care of her sick husband, Raymond Betrix who passed away in 2001.
Surviving are her loving family; her daughter Karen Chavez, grandson Marc Chavez and granddaughter Alexis Chavez all of Florida, her son Scott Lindner and his wife Elizabeth Lindner and granddaughter Kathryn Lindner all of New Jersey.
A celebration of life ceremony will be held at Union Presbyterian Church, 44 Balmville Road, Newburgh NY on Saturday, October 12 at 10:00 a.m. Internment of her ashes will then follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.