Betty Josephine (Isotalo) Wiggins born July 27, 1927, in Issaquah to Eino and Ellen Jane (Wood) Isotalo and died March 30, 2015.
Betty Wiggins
She was raised by her aunt and uncle, Mabel and Jim Miles, and graduated from Issaquah High School in 1945.
On Jan. 21, 1949, she married Austin V. Wiggins and together they raised three daughters. Betty was predeceased by her husband, daughter Marnel Rae Arena, sisters Ethel “Babe” Needham and Claudia Thomas, and both sets of parents.
She is survived by daughters Theresa (Gordy) Reece and Amy Wiggins, son-in-law Nick Arena, 17 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews whom she treated as her own.
As a licensed day-care provider in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s she was known as Auntie Betty, and she still kept in contact with some of those parents and kids. Community and giving back were very important and integral throughout her entire life. Betty was a member of numerous civic and community organizations many times, serving as secretary/treasurer or in some other capacity.
Memorials may be sent to Children’s Hospital Foundation, Box 50020, MS 5200, Seattle, WA 98145-5020, or the Issaquah Food Bank, 179 First Ave. S.E., Issaquah, WA 98027.
A funeral service was held Friday, April 3, 2015, at Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral Home. Burial followed at Lower Hillside Cemetery.
Friends are invited to sign the families on line guestbook at www.flintofts.com.