Obituary of Betsy Lowe Carey

Betsy Lowe Carey, age 69 of Forty Fort, passed away Monday, June 2, 2025 at her home. She was born in Kingston on October 26, 1955 and was the daughter of the late Melbourne "Red" and Doris Lauderbach Carey. Betsy grew up in Dallas and graduated from Dallas High School. She worked at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital as a switchboard operator for the past 46 years. Betsy loved being part of a large family and knew everyone's birthday amongst her 14 siblings. She loved all her nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by siblings, Nancy DeForest, Doris "Sis" Stroud, Mollieann Calkins, Polly Bobersky and David Carey. Betsy is survived by brothers, Michael Carey (Cheryl) of Dallas, John Carey (Marilyn) of Kingston, Bob Carey of Noxen and James Carey (Lee Ann) of Dallas; sisters, Jessie Fowler of Milesburg, Lois Jane Kaminski, Susan Yudiski, Patti Lawley, all of Dallas and Robin Lunger (Carl) of Benton; numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. A memorial visitation will be held Friday, June 27, 2025 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM at the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corner of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek. Future interment will be in Fern Knoll Cemetery, Dallas. Memorial donations can be made to 4 Diamonds Foundation, PO Box 852, Hershey, PA 17033. Online condolences can be made to clswansonfuneralhome.com