Jessie Bettes - born June 29, 1954, to David and Betty Bensal - died Sept. 6. 2007.

She grew up with two sisters, Josephine and Sue. In 1972, she graduated from Franklin High School and worked five years at Victor Comptometer.

On Sept. 27, 1975, she married her lifetime soul mate, David Brian Bettes.They lived in Bothell for 11 years and Woodinville for 21 years. They dedicated and centered their lives around their three children: Brian, Marcie and Brandon.

Within the last four years, two family members were added — son-in-law Steven Becher and daughter-in-law Heidie Crutcher-Bettes. This March there will be a third addition with Jessie’s first grandchild.

Jessie’s worked as a health unit coordinator for eight years at Evergreen Hospital and at Evergreen Hospice for two years. The last 11 years she worked at the Boeing Company in customer engineering.

In March 2001, she received a kidney transplant. She was given the gift of life from Kris Kime, a 20-year-old man who lost his life during the Mardi Gras violence. She paid it forward by volunteering at Life Center Northwest. Life Center, and those who gave the gift of life became near and dear to her heart.

She is preceded in death by her father, David Bensal, and her mother, Betty Bensal. She is survived by her husband of 32 years, David Bettes of Woodinville; Brian Bettes of Kirkland; Marcie Becher of Kirkland; Brandon Bettes of Woodinville; Steven Becher of Kirkland; Heidie Crutcher-Bettes of Kirkland; and sisters, Josephine Kopp of Burien and Sue Bensal of Moses Lake.

The service was held on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Chapal of the Resurrection in Bothell. Interment was on Monday, Sept. 17 at Cedar Lawns Memorial Park in Redmond