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Betty Evans Coyle, 93, passed away on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg.
Mrs. Coyle was born Jan. 7, 1917, in Frazeysburg, Ohio, and was the daughter of the late John Barton and Addie Garrett Evans. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Milton George Coyle Jr., and her two sisters.
She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Madison College, now James Madison University, and taught in several Fairfax County schools before moving permanently to the Harrisonburg area.
In her earlier years, Mrs. Coyle traveled worldwide and had lived in Manila, Republic of the Philippines, as well as in several U.S. cities. While living in Manila in her earlier years, she worked for the American Association of the Philippines. In 1973, she retired from the Fairfax County School System and moved to Mount Crawford, Va. For eight years prior to her final retirement, Mrs. Coyle taught in the Elementary and Early Childhood Department at James Madison University.
In 1982, she and her husband moved from Mount Crawford to the Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community.
Mrs. Coyle was active in civic organizations with special interests in mental health, literacy and mediation. She was among those who started the Lifelong Learning Institute and belonged to the local chapter of the American Association of University Women.
Surviving are her children, Kathleen Piccagli of San Francisco, Calif., and Evans Waddell of Raleigh, N.C.; Mr. Coyle's children, Milton G. Coyle III of Lansing, Mich., and Elaine Rumley of Dallas, Texas; and four grandchildren, Maia and Antonio Piccagli and Cailen and Garrett Waddell.
A memorial service will be held 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, in Crestwood's Strite Auditorium, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the VMRC Compassion Fund, 1501 Virginia Ave., Harrisonburg, VA 22802.
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