Elizabeth Conklin Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Elizabeth Conklin of Newport, Rhode Island, born in Rutland, Vermont, who passed away, on August 26, 2021. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Elizabeth Conklin to show support.
She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, Oscar Fortier and Mary Fortier (Cameron); her husband Alfred "Bud" Conklin; her daughter Jackie; her son-in-law Bill Egan; her son Buddy Conklin; her daughter-in-law Bizzy Conklin; her grandchild Suzi; her son-in-law Bruce Nance; her grandchildren, Kristin Reed (Tyson), Bill Egan, Greg Egan, Mark Egan (Sheika), Blake Corbishley, Sarah Verardo (Michael), Alex Nance (Grace), Caity Conklin (Neeraj Kumar), Elizabeth Vassallo and Britt Thomason (Chandler); her great grandchildren, Jacalyn, Tyson, Will, Addie, Patrick, Cameron, Halle, Olivia, Delaney, Faith, Sophie, Trinity, Tim, Ceci, Mark, Tristan, Jaime, Gigi, Mary Scott, Suzi, Charlotte, Shannon, Elizabeth, Betty, Tripp and Rémi; and her siblings, Katherine Bruno (Patrick) of Florida and Edward Fortier (Pauline) of Texas.
Betty organized events for the Newport War College Foreign Officers, a bike-a-thon for the American Heart Association and volunteered as a "Griffie" at the Newport Art Museum.
