Betty Deobald (nee Nash) of Assiniboia, SK, passed away January 2, 2024 at age 85.
Betty Joyce Nash was born January 21, 1939, at the family farm at Buffalo Gap, Saskatchewan. She was the youngest of eight siblings born to Dallas and Margaret (Wright) Nash. She attended Red Butte School and hated every minute of it. Between getting lost in snowstorms, or being followed by wolves, she completed grade 7, then quit to help on the farm. Her brothers and sisters were good friends and remained close their entire lives.
She met and married Gerry Reid in Bengough in 1960. They made their home in Assiniboia, and Betty did the books for Gerry’s electrical business, as well has being a full time house wife and mother of two boys Garnet and Larry. Although Gerry died in 1977, it wasn’t from the lack of her care for him.
Betty was very creative and talented, she could and did write many poems for family events, or for people she loved. She loved to sew, and made countless wedding gowns, bridesmaid and graduation dresses, and many outfits and pieces for her loved ones and others. She spent years doing alterations out of her home. She also had a great love of animals, except mice and one or two of Garner’s bulls.
Betty and Bill Deobald were lucky to have met at a dance in Moose Jaw. Little did they know that dancing would become so important in their time together. They were married April 13, 1990, in a beautiful country wedding, in a country church near their home at Hodgeville. Bill and Betty loved to attend polka fests, and every weekend they would hook up the fifth wheel and be off dancing. They made many
good lifelong friends and enjoyed every minute of their time together. Betty was a huge supporter of Bill’s woodworking, and she did the painting if there was any that needed special decorating.
Betty’s greatest love in life was her family. Those left to remember and miss her are her husband, Bill, son Garnet and his children Jeremy (Karmen) Jace and Bennett. Sean (Adrienne) Alexa and Isla. Jill and Lara (Lukas) Scarlett, Maisie and Hannah; son Larry and his children Emily and Ty; Her step children Randy (Kris) and their children Kira, Tanner (Hailey) Elsie, Luke (Jessica) Charlotte. Garner (Lori) and their children Rhett (Brandee) Dryden and Ainslee. Bre (Todd Horsman) Ayden and Evan. Kylie (Brian Hawkins) Griffen and Ander. Lorna (Mike Gruenberg) and son Jason. Betty also leaves to cherish her memory two sisters Amy Mossing, and Jean Hall, special niece/sister Joyce Currie, and brother-in-law Henry Rosler, as well as many nieces and nephews. Betty was predeceased by her husband Gerry, her daughters-in-law Karen Reid and Lisa Reid; Parents Margaret (Wright) and Dallas Nash, infant sister Fern, sisters Thelma Sundahl and Beulah Rosler, brothers Robert Nash, and Delano Nash; brothers-in-law Harold Sundahl, Oscar Mossing and John Hall, special nephews Harold Reid, Allan Reid, Kim Hall and niece Shelley Ambrose.
A family graveside service will be held at Mount Hope Cemetery, Assiniboia, SK. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy for the Reid and Deobald family may be shared at www.rossfuneralservice.com. Arrangements entrusted to Ross Funeral Service, Assiniboia, SK 306-642-3373.
