Betty Goewey

Betty Joyce Goewey
Wife, mother, grandmother

PROSPECT - Betty Joyce (Hatch) Goewey, 83, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Waterbury Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Eldred S. Goewey.

Betty Joyce was born on Dec. 20, 1928, in West Haven and was the daughter of the late Manfred W. and Linda C. Hatch. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 60 in Danbury and the SNET Pioneers. Betty loved to knit, travel and spend time with her loving family.

She is survived by two sons, Michael and his wife, Helen, and Manfred, all of Prospect; two daughters, Mary of Prospect and Linda and her husband, Donald Nadeau, of Williamstown, Vt.; one brother, Donald J. Hatch of Falls Village; four grandchildren, William and Michelle Goewey, Necia (Nadeau) Gorton and Anthony Nadeau; and five great-grandchildren. Besides her husband and parents, Betty was predeceased by a daughter, Meg Goewey, a brother, Robert A. Hatch, and a granddaughter, Shannon Nadeau.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday morning, Nov. 6, 2012, at 11 a.m. at the Buckmiller Brothers Funeral Home, 26 Waterbury Road, Route 69, Prospect. Family and friends may call at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will be at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, donation may be made to the Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect, 26 New Haven Road, Prospect, CT 06712.