Mary Elizabeth (Lingley) Simpson

1915 - 2013  (97 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth (Lingley) Simpson
  Nickname	Betty
  Birth	20 Jun 1915	Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Apr 2013	Lacey, Thurston County, Washington, USA
  Cremation	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I31025	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Ralph David Simpson,   b. 8 Jan 1889, Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, USA d. 1 Jan 1954, Bellevue, King County, Washington, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Myra Louise (Simpson) Ford,   b. 12 Jun 1892, Lyons, Burt County, Nebraska, USA d. 3 Aug 1965, Bellevue, King County, Washington, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1914
  Family ID	F11249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Shepard Lingley,   b. 16 Sep 1912, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Sep 1997, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1940
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F11250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Elizabeth Simpson was born to Ralph David Simpson (1889-1954) and Myra Louise Ford (1892-1965). She graduated from College of Puget Sound and from New York University. She married William Shepard (Bill) Lingley (1912-1997) Aug 7, 1940. They had 3 children: Harriet Louise (Hattie) Lingley m. Alan B. Dixon; Lyle Elizabeth(Libet) Lingley m. Eugene Gardner; and William S. Lingley Jr. m. Leslie Lathrop. all living in 2017. Betty's ashes are spread at Mt. Rainier along with her husbands. 5 grandsons and 3 great grand daughters as of 2019. A bit of who she was: Well educated at CPS/USP in Tacoma and masters degree at NYU in NY. She modeled clothing and...lingerie in NY. In Tacoma she walked the cat walk across the Tacoma Narrows bridge (about 1930)--quite a trick--and it was allowed! She and Dad met in NY...and slowly moved back west to her home area. They both did a lot of volunteer work.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150013566/mary-elizabeth-lingley.