Betty Frances Potterfield

1865 - 1956  (91 years)

• Name	Betty Frances Potterfield
  Born	12 Jun 1865	Harpers Ferry, West Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Sep 1956	Weston, West Virginia   [1, 2]
  Buried	Saint Peters Cemetery, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I18693	Virts
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Truman W. Potterfield,   b. 13 Jan 1828, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 7 Jan 1910, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jane Virts,   b. 9 Jun 1835, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 9 Jan 1914, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia  (Age 78 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1852	Loudoun County, Virginia   [3]
  Family ID	F206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Joseph Drew,   b. 30 Nov 1857, Charles Town, West Virginia ,   d. 4 Jul 1930, Bolivar, West Virginia  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Nellie B. Drew,   b. 22 May 1889, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ,   d. 8 Jun 1968, Bridgeport, Connecticut  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F6683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Frederick Post, October 8, 1956 Services were held on Saturday morning, Sept. 29, for Mrs. Betty Frances Drew, aged 91 years, native of Harpers Ferry, W. Va., who died on Wednesday morning at the State Hospital in Weston where she had been a patient for seven months. She had been in failing health for several years. A daughter of the late Truman W. and Margaret Virts Cotterfield, she was born in Harpers Ferry on June 12, 1865. For many years she was employed as housekeeper at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, until she retired some time ago. She had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Nellie B. Steadman, her only immediate survivor, after retirement, and until her last illness. Her husband died some years ago. They body remained at the Eackles Funeral Chapel until services were conducted Saturday, with Rev. John C. Payne, pastor of St. Peters Catholic Church, officiating. Interment was made in St. Peters Catholic Cemetery, Harpers Ferry, W.Va.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10858] West Virginia Death Certificate No. 56 011506. [S212] The Frederick Post, Frederick, Maryland, October 8, 1956, obituary. [S756] Loudoun County Virginia Marriage Records to 1881, page 15 by Jewell.