Elizabeth Mae “Betty” Springer Mackey, of Trumbull CT died March 2, 2015 at the age of 90.
The oldest daughter of Ralph and Evelyn (Sutton) Springer, she was born April 30, 1924 in Elmhurst, DE.
She was the devoted wife of over 50 years of Roy Stuart Mackey, who wrote on their first wedding anniversary, “A year so sweet; a year so fleet, I scarcely knew its essence/ Beguiled by you, into a dream/ Where time is all remembrance.”
She is survived by her children Jeff and Diane (Cote) Smith of Spokane, WA; Susan Mackey-Kallis and Kyriakos Kallis of West Chester, PA; Elizabeth (Mackey) Steeves and Douglas Steeves of Monroe and her grandchildren Zachariah, Noah and Elizabeth Steeves and William and Alexander Kallis.
She played first base for the 1947 Raybestos Brakettes softball team, captained the Raybestos Industrial League Champion Women’s Basketball Team and was the 1946 Industrial League Women’s Tennis Champion.
Betty worked for many years as a mechanical draftsman/designer at Raybestos in Stratford. She was part of the Hamilton Standard design team that developed the Apollo space suit. After raising her two daughters she returned to work as an Audio Visual Aide at Trumbull High School where she was affectionately known as “Moms Mackey” to all the students in the AV Club. She finished her working career at Bullard Havens Technical School where she taught mechanical drafting and CAD until retirement at 65.
A woman of great faith and charitable works, for many years she was active in the Long Hill United Methodist Church and, later in life, The Huntington Chapel. Betty once said that her greatest desire was to someday sit at the feet of God in humble adoration.
A memorial service will be held at The Huntington Chapel, 177 Ripton Rd in Shelton, Saturday March 7th at 11:00 am. Friends and family are invited to stay after the service for a time of remembrance and refreshment in the fellowship hall. The Riverview Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.
If you are unable to attend, leave condolences for the family online at www.riverviewfh.com.
