In Memory

Betty Mason (Vagt) - Class Of 1944

Betty L Mason Vagt
October 24, 1925 – May 18, 2009

Betty L Vagt passed away on May 18, 2009.  At the time of her death she was residing in Hanford, CA.  

Betty was born in Cut Bank to Lloyd and Myra Mason on October 24, 1925.  By 1940 the family had moved to Sweetgrass where Betty finished grade school.  She then attend high school in Sunburst, graduating in 1944. 

In September of 1946 Betty married John Vagt in Fort Benton.  The couple lived in Great Falls where John worked as a fireman.

Her husband was had spent three years in the Navy during World War II, but was recalled to service during the Korean War.   

The couple then moved to California where John was a Public Works Foreman for Lemoore Naval Air Station.

They were residing in Hanford, CA, at the time of her husband’s death in 2001.  Betty continued to live in Hanford until her death in 2009.

Betty is survived by two daughters, Karin Amaro of San Benito, CA, and Cheryle Julin of Nine Mile Falls, WA; her son John Vagt of Hanford; seven grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren.