Jan. 6, 1934 – Oct. 26, 2012
Betty L. Davis Hoffman McGuiness, 78, died Oct. 26, 2012 in Portland, of Lewy body dementia, a form of Parkinson’s disease.
She was born Jan. 6, 1934 in Thompson, N.Y., to Anson and Hazel Davis, one of three children.
She attended Fruitland High School in Idaho, eloping on May 23, 1952, the evening of her high school graduation, with her first husband, Duane Hoffman. They had three children before he died, on Feb. 22, 1963. On Feb. 21, 1964 she married Paul D. McGuiness. The family moved to Sweet Home in 1967, where Mr. McGuiness taught at Sweet Home High School.
Mrs. McGuiness was a homemaker and was active in PEO and the Sweet Home United Methodist Church. She lived in Sweet Home until 2007, when she moved to Lebanon.
She is survived by her husband, Paul McGuiness, of Las Vegas, Nev.; her daughter, Teresa Hoffman Galloway of North Plains; her son, Kevin Hoffman of Sweet Home; step-daughter Diana McGuiness Nelson of Pahrump, Nev.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sister Dorothy Davis Webber of Eugene; and brother George A. Davis of Fruitland, Idaho.
Mrs. McGuiness was preceded in death by her son, Douglas Hoffman in 1969; and her step-daughter, Debbie McGuiness Sergeant in 2005.
A private family memorial is planned. Donations in her memory may be made to a public library in her honor.