Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Primrose
Published March 16, 2006
Former longtime Bainbridge Island resident Elizabeth “Betty” Primrose, 93, died March 16 at Providence Marianwood in Issaquah.
She was born Sept. 23, 1912, in Montana to Ebba Johnson and Austin Kalvig.
She came to the Northwest at age 12 and graduated from Seattle’s Garfield High School.
She married Al Primrose in 1934 and was a homemaker. She and her husband moved to Bainbridge Island in 1962, and she resided at Island Center for the next 40 years.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her daughter, Brenda.
She is survived by son Donald Primrose of Seattle; daughters Carol Santos of Sequim, and Nicki Primrose of Redmond; and grandchildren Tammy Tison of Tacoma, Daniel Santos of Bellevue, Deanna Kelly of Sammamish, and Eric Santos of Temecula, Calif.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. April 6 at University Presbyterian Church in Seattle. Interment will be at Port Madison Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contribution be made to Children’s Hospital or the American Diabetes Association.