Betty L. Minahen
June 12, 1930 - April 6, 2012
Betty Perkins Minahen Betty Perkins Minahen of Vallejo died Friday, April 6 after a lingering illness. She was 81. A member of early-day Solano county families, she was born in Vallejo, the daughter of John Hayden and Alethea Aden Perkins. She was a 1948 graduate of VallejoHigh School and a 1952 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a member of Alpha Phi. Mrs. Minahen was a long-time member of the Vallejo Symphony Association board of directors, a life member of Vallejo Council PTA, a contributing member of Vallejo Music Theater, and a past-president of Lilac Branch of Children’s Hospital. She had been a staff writer at the Vallejo Independent Press and the Vallejo Times-Herald. Mrs. Minahen was preceded in death by her husband, M.E. “Tim” Minahen of Vallejo. She is survived by her daughters Susan Campo of Napa County, Nancy Rocamora of Durham, NC, and HaidiSpinelli of Carmichael; sons Timothy of Tucson AZ, Michael of Benicia, and Robert of American Canyon, and 11 grandchildren. At Mrs. Minahen’s request, no funeral service will be held.
Betty Perkins Minahen Betty Perkins Minahen of Vallejo died Friday, April 6 after a lingering illness. She was 81. A member of early-day Solano county families, she was born in Vallejo, the daughter of John Hayden and Alethea Aden Perkins.... View Obituary & Service Information