BOMBER MEMORIAL

BETTY ANN MOSTELLER BLACKBURN ~ Class of 1953
February 18, 1935 - February 11, 2012







Betty A. Mosteller Blackburn, 76, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, February 11th, 2012 at her home in Richland. Betty was born February 18th, 1935 in Denver, CO and moved to Richland in 1943 with her parents Thomas and Marie Mosteller.

She graduated from Columbia High School in 1953 where she was very active in women's sports. As a senior she was voted "Best All Around Athlete", playing basketball, volleyball and especially softball. After graduating from Col-Hi Betty went to work for G.E. at the Hanford Project and worked there until her retirement in 2005.

In 1955 she married Loyd Wayne Blackburn and kept her maiden name Mosteller as her middle name, dropping the Ann. She was very proud to be a Mosteller and wanted to keep the name in her life. She was well known in the community as "the" fast pitch softball pitcher in the '70s. She was considered a pioneer in women's fast pitch and loved the sport so much she played softball until the age of 55 with her 2 daughters.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents Thomas and Marie Mosteller and brother, Barry Mosteller ('50).

She is survived by her brothers, Bob ('56) and his wife Wanda Mosteller and Brad ('63) Mosteller; sisters Barbara ('58) Horton and her husband Jim and Bonni ('68) Owens, 2 daughters, Debra and her husband Marcus Bierman and Lori Richardson; 4 grandchildren, Nicholas Bierman and his wife Courtney, Jennifer Bierman and her fiancée Frankie Brazil, Ryan Richardson and his wife Patricia and Rashelle Richardson; 7 great grandchildren, Taylor, Baleigh, Kyal, Quinn, Cody, Madison and Brady.

Betty loved her daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren very much and was always there for them. She was an amazing and independent woman who will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Thank you Betty from all of us and may you rest in peace forever and watch over us and take care of us as you did in life. "Lots-o-Love, see ya".

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