I'm sorry very much for this sad new. Betty was my first foreign contact in
the shell world and she encoureged me a lot to study Ranellidae family. I
learnt and enjoyed a lot with her mails and still keep in mind our friendly
contacts.

My warmest regards for her family.

Javier López
Lanzarote. Canary Islands, Spain


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Subject: [CONCH-L] Betty Jean Piech, 09-21-1919 to 10-31-2010


> Early last week Betty Jean Piech passed away peacefully after a long
> illness.  Some of you knew her as Betty Jean, BJ or the “Tall One”,
> but I knew her as mom.  Betty Jean Stowell was born and grew up in New
> Brunswick, NJ, graduated from Douglass Woman’s College (Rutgers) and
> married Frank Piech in 1947.  They moved to Wilmington, DE and had
> three sons.  When her children were young Betty Jean was a homemaker.
> Later, Betty Jean went back to school, became a librarian, and worked
> for many years before she retired.
>

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