BETTY JANE COOK LINN
AAFA #0050
1922–2005
PALM BEACH POST
Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co., FL— Sunday, 26 June 2005
Betty Cook Linn, 82, of Cleveland, Ohio and West
Palm Beach, FL, died June 24, 2005, on Hilton Head Island, SC.
Born on November 9, 1922, she was the daughter
of the late Jim and Marie Cook of Cleveland and West Palm Beach, FL; wife of
the late Capt. Wilton C. Smith of Cleveland, killed in action over Bastogne,
Belgium in 1944; wife for over 40 years of the late Lt. Col. Phillip J. Linn, Sr.
of Cleveland.
As a Palm Beach Post staff writer in 1967-68,
Mrs. Linn was one of the first to call attention to the planned demolition of
the oldest house in Lake Worth. After other interested Lake Worth citizens
joined the cause, the structure was moved to its present location, and became
the home of the Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce. She then worked for more than
ten years as a writer in the News Bureau of Palm Beach Junior College. She was
a volunteer at the Henry Morrison Flagler museum for almost 30 years, first as
a guide then, for nine years, in charge of the museum scrapbook.
She was a member of the Palm Beach County
Genealogical Society; the Seminole Chapter of the D.A.R.; the New England
Historic Genealogical Society; the Society of Mayflower descendants; and the
Geauga County (Ohio) Genealogical Society.
Survived by her daughter, Caroll Smith Williams
and husband, George, of Hilton Head, SC; sons, Lt. Col. (ret.) Phillip J. Linn,
Jr. and wife, Martha Davis, of Columbus, GA; and James W. Linn and wife, Elyse
Ryan, of Tallahassee, FL; grandchildren Laura Williams Mattler; and Vicki
Williams Tharp and husband, Wade; Susan Linn Ostrand and husband, Ken; Brendan
and Amelia Linn ; great-grandchildren, Tyler and Jessica Mattler; and Jason and
Rachel Tharp; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
All those who knew her will miss her kindness
and bright spirit, her unflagging championship of the causes she believed in,
her integrity, loyalty and her unconditional love and support for her family.
Betty will be interred in Arlington National
Cemetery beside her late husband, Lt. Col. Phillip J. Linn.
Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer's
Association, 919 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100, Chicago, Illinois 60611....
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates
of Betty J. Linn (SS# issued in OH), last residence Hilton Head Island,
Beaufort Co., SC.
Her lineage, from her great-great-grandmother:
Caroline 1809 NY5, Benedict 1786 NY6, Benedict 1757 CT7,
Benedict 1716 CT8, Benedict 1688 CT9, Jeremiah 1655 CT10,
Benedict 1619 ENG11.
