Elizabeth Betty Leslie Kaye-Smith
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By -
She was born Aug. 29, 1918, in Chicago, Ill., to George E. and Rachael DeHaven Leslie. On Oct. 1, 1945, in Chicago, she married Elliott Kaye-Smith, who preceded her in death.
She lived in Wilmette, Ill., the Chicago area and in Winona Lake since 1946. She was a graduate of Wheaton (Ill.) College and Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. She earned two master’s degrees, one from Miami University of Ohio, studying aerospace education, and one from Manchester College. She studied at several other universities in Mexico City, Madrid, Spain, Ball State and Colorado. While living in Illinois she was an editor with Scripture Press and later a teacher of Spanish, English, history and geography at Pierceton and Whitko high schools for 28 years.
She and her husband were active in politics, the Civil Air Patrol and were world travelers, traveling extensively in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia and North, Central, and South America. Both she and her husband were pilots and owned their own single engine airplane. She was one of the first women in Kosciusko County to have a pilot’s license. She flew solo in a “Powder Puff Derby” from coast to coast.
She was a member of Church of The Good Shepherd, Winona Lake; Kosciusko County Retired Teachers, Indiana Retired Teachers Association; Kosciusko Community Hospital Auxiliary; Winona Lake Planning Commission; Ninety-Nines (International Organization of Women Pilots); Delta Kappa Gamma; and Society of Women Educators.
Surviving are a cousin, Patricia McElroy Dunbar, Pittsburgh, Pa., and her three sons: David W. Dunbar, Greenwood; Timothy D. Dunbar, Woodbury, Minn.; and Stephen W. Dunbar, Pittsburgh.
A graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, with Pastor Rob Harrison officiating.
No calling is planned.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw, is in charge arrangements.
*****
Memorials may be made to Mission Aviation Fellowship, Attn: Donor Services, P.O. Box 47, Nampa, ID 83653
Condolences may be sent via www.mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com
[[In-content Ad]]
She was born Aug. 29, 1918, in Chicago, Ill., to George E. and Rachael DeHaven Leslie. On Oct. 1, 1945, in Chicago, she married Elliott Kaye-Smith, who preceded her in death.
She lived in Wilmette, Ill., the Chicago area and in Winona Lake since 1946. She was a graduate of Wheaton (Ill.) College and Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. She earned two master’s degrees, one from Miami University of Ohio, studying aerospace education, and one from Manchester College. She studied at several other universities in Mexico City, Madrid, Spain, Ball State and Colorado. While living in Illinois she was an editor with Scripture Press and later a teacher of Spanish, English, history and geography at Pierceton and Whitko high schools for 28 years.
She and her husband were active in politics, the Civil Air Patrol and were world travelers, traveling extensively in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia and North, Central, and South America. Both she and her husband were pilots and owned their own single engine airplane. She was one of the first women in Kosciusko County to have a pilot’s license. She flew solo in a “Powder Puff Derby” from coast to coast.
She was a member of Church of The Good Shepherd, Winona Lake; Kosciusko County Retired Teachers, Indiana Retired Teachers Association; Kosciusko Community Hospital Auxiliary; Winona Lake Planning Commission; Ninety-Nines (International Organization of Women Pilots); Delta Kappa Gamma; and Society of Women Educators.
Surviving are a cousin, Patricia McElroy Dunbar, Pittsburgh, Pa., and her three sons: David W. Dunbar, Greenwood; Timothy D. Dunbar, Woodbury, Minn.; and Stephen W. Dunbar, Pittsburgh.
A graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, with Pastor Rob Harrison officiating.
No calling is planned.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw, is in charge arrangements.
*****
Memorials may be made to Mission Aviation Fellowship, Attn: Donor Services, P.O. Box 47, Nampa, ID 83653
Condolences may be sent via www.mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com
[[In-content Ad]]
Have a news tip? Email [email protected] or Call/Text 360-922-3092