ALBERT JOSEPH BETZ
Marriages
Benarda Bottolfson Betz - December 1917
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - July 1, 1949
ALBERT BETZ DIED IN MARBLE SUNDAY.
A. J. BETZ, former Eagle County man, died suddenly Sunday, June 26, following a heart attack near Marble.
He was stricken as he accompanied his son Bud on an inspection trip of their equipment at a quarry on Yule Creek. The two men had left the car together, and the elder BETZ had fallen behind his son. When the younger man failed to see his father following him, he turned back, to find him unconscious in the road. First aid failed to revive him.
Albert BETZ was a Colorado son, born in Denver July 28, 1893. In 1911 he came to Gore creek in Eagle County and in December 1917 he was married to Benarda BOTTOLFSON. The couple lived at their ranch on Gore creek, where Mr. BETZ prospected for ore and fascinated by mining he prospected around Red Cliff and Battle Mountain. In 1936 he and his family moved to Marble, following the mining game until he died. He had planned a large scale development of his properties in the Marble country in July. During the war he mined strategic metals for the government.
Mr. BETZ's parents were pioneers of Colorado, who came to this state in ox carts. He is survived by his widow, Benarda and daughter, Judith Ann of Marble; a son, C. A. BETZ of Glenwood Springs; a daughter, Carol SNIDER of Silt and five grandchildren; also his mother, Mrs. Anna BETZ; sister, Mrs. Louis CLIFFORD; brother, L. J. BETZ all of Pamona [sic. Pomona], Calif; sister, Mrs. Adelaide MEE of Denver and brother, Frank of Aurora.
The funeral was under the direction of the Farnum Mortuary of Glenwood and interment will be tomorrow, July 2, in Rosebud Cemetery in Glenwood. The services will be in the Farnum Chapel at 2 p.m.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 2 - June 30, 1949
