Elizabeth Anne 'Betsy' Foxx

Elizabeth Anne “Betsy” (Simmons) (Gaw) Foxx, age 81, entered into rest on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Brookdale in Woodbridge. She was the devoted wife of the late Phillip Foxx. Betsy was born on July 20, 1934 in New Haven, daughter of the late Leo W. and Elizabeth A. (Hutchinson) Simmons.

Betsy grew up in Hamden and graduated from Hamden High School, Class of 1951 and then attended Simmons College, where she studied nursing. Betsy moved to Bethany with her parents in 1952, where she remained a resident until moving to New Haven in 1997. She had a great love of the outdoors, valued art and enjoyed decorating. Betsy was also an avid international traveler.

She is the beloved mother of Leland S. Gaw and his wife, Patricia of Goshen and Andrew D. Gaw and his wife, Lisa of Bethany and loving grandmother of Ian A. Gaw of Bethany. She was predeceased by her first husband, William C. Gaw, III and her son, William C. Gaw, IV.

A Celebration of Life will be held on at Friday, July 8, 2016 at 11AM at the Alderson-Ford Funeral Home of Cheshire, 615 So. Main Street, Cheshire, CT 06410. Burial will follow in Carrington Cemetery, Rainbow Road, Bethany. Friends may greet Betsy’s family at the funeral home on Friday from 10AM until the time of her service. At the request of her family, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601 or at www.alz.org