Betty Mythen Obituary

Betty Norene Mythen Passed away Dec. 29, 2007 at age 80. Betty was born April 23, 1927 in Turlock, CA, to Lester and Edna Norene. She was raised in Modesto with her cousin as a sister. She attended school in Modesto until high school when her family moved to Richmond. She graduated from Richmond High in 1945 (where she met her future husband Donald Mythen). She attended the University of California in Berkeley until 1950 when she married Donald Mythen. She interrupted her education to help Don through pharmacy school. During that time, she worked in research as a bacteriologist. Betty and Don were married for 54 years; he pre-deceased her in 2004. After raising her family, Betty returned to school and completed the RN program at Contra Costa College and her bachelor of health sciences from Chapman University. Betty worked at Doctors Hospital of Pinole for more than 25 years as a critical care nurse and as director of inservice education. She was also a certified diabetes educator and was president of the BAADE in 1988. She co-founded the Diabetes Support Group at Doctors Hospital in 1984. Betty Became a CPR instructor in 1974 and over the years taught thousands the life saving skills of basic and advanced life support. Betty was an energetic, kind and loving person, with a wonderful wit, sense of humor and she had a fantastic laugh! She is survived by daughter, Carol, her husband Jim McMahon and their daughters Lauren and Kaitlyn; son, Daniel, his wife Stacie and their daughter Amanda; son, Kellan; cousin, Dorothy Strother Nordeen and her two cats. Services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, 12pm at Truckee-Tahoe Mortuary, 10126 Church St., Truckee, CA. A Memorial reception will be held for friends and family in the Bay Area in February 2008. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Betty's memory to Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation, 1 Intrepid Sq., West 46th St. & 12th Ave., NY, NY 10036. www.alzinfo. org/donations/transaction/offer.asp