Rachel "Betty" Lovell Fountain, past away peacefully at the Heritage Place in Kalispell Montana on the 22nd of July 2017.
Betty was born in Rockingham, VT. on August 9th, 1922 to Clair Milan and Lucy Jane Olmstead Lovell. She grew up in White River Jct., VT. and graduated from Hartfod High School in 1941. Betty attend Hartford Hospital School of Nursing in Hartford, CT. and graduated from Gifford Memorial Hospital in Randolph, VT. in 1945.
She married Corporal Leland Herbert Fountain U.S.M.C. on January 9th, 1945 in South Royalton, VT. They were blessed with three children: Richard Clair and Betty Lee (twins) and daughter Dale Ann.
Betty and here husband owned and operated Lee Fountain's Electrical Service in Whiter River Jct., VT. Betty worked at the Alice Peck Day Hospital, Lebonon N. H., Mary Hitchock Hospital and the Hitchcock Clinic in Hanover, N.H. The family moved to Chandler, AZ in 1965 where she worked at the Chandler Hospital as Education Director. While working in Arizona, Betty was nominateed to and published in "Who's who of American Women" from 1977-1980.
She was a Past Matron of Wenona Chapter #43 order of the Eastern Star. She was active with the Rainbow Girls and in the United Methodist Church in White River Jct., VT. Betty and her husband were active in the Kalispell First Church of the Nazarene, Kalispell, MT.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Leland H. Fountain, her son Richard Clair Fountain, her bother Clair Maitland Lovell, her parents Clair and Lucy Lovell and grandparents Maitland and Ethelyn Lovell, sister-in-law Lillian Fellows Abbott.
She is survived by her daughter, Betty Lee and her husband Henry Cichowski of Kila, MT., Dale Ann and husband Warren Whitney of Placerville, CA., daughter-in-law Sue Fountain of Lakeside, AZ., seven grand children, 13 great grand children and several nieces and nephews.
Per Betty's request there will be no services here in Kalispell, MT. Lee and Betty will be taken home to Hartford Vermont where they will be laid to rest together at a graveside gathering.