Betty "Jean" DeWitt, age 89, a lifetime resident of Sedro-Woolley, Washington, passed away May 3, 2025 at home.  She was born October 5, 1935 in Sedro-Woolley to Floyd and Helen (Buchanan) Hendrix.

She was the oldest of three children.  Betty graduated from Sedro-Woolley High School, the class of 1953.  She was a Master Gardener and loved to shop at thrift stores and garage sales.

Jean is survived by her daughters, Julie DeWitt (Richard) Tingley and Kristin Nelson; four granddaughters, Tiffany (Jason) Boggs, Nikki (Chad) Cate, Jillian (Nick) Owens and Shayna (Michael) Hall; eight great grandchildren; sister, Joan Parker.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gary DeWitt; brother, Dallas Hendrix.

A Graveside Service will be held at 11:00, Friday, May 9, 2025 at Union Cemetery, Sedro-Woolley, Pastor Jim Cannon presiding.  Share your memories of Jean and sign the online guest register.

SLEEPING IN THE FOREST

By Mary Oliver

I thought the earth remembered me,

She took me back so tenderly,

Arranging her dark skirts, her pockets

full of lichens and seeds.

I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,

Nothing between me and the white fire of the stars

but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths

among the branches of the perfect trees.

All night I heard the small kingdoms

Breathing around me, the insects,

and the birds who do their work in the darkness.

All night I rose and fell, as if in water,

Grappling with a luminous doom.

By morning I had vanished at least a dozen times

into something better.