Betsy B. McLaren | Secretary and Volunteer, 77

Betsy Bollmann McLaren, 77,of Exton, a retired secretary and hospital volunteer, died of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, April 2 at Miller Health Care Center in Kankakee, Ill. She had been living in Illinois since January to be near family.
Mrs. McLaren grew up in Midlothian, Ill. In 1951 she married her high school sweetheart, Charles E. McLaren Jr. The couple raised four children in Midlothian. In 1976 they moved to Exton, where he took a position with Conrail and she went to work for Johnson Matthey Inc. in Wayne. She retired in 1996.

Mrs. McLaren had been a member of the Chester County Hospital Women's Auxiliary. She enjoyed shopping, reading, and spending time outdoors walking, gardening, and watching birds in her backyard, her son Brian said.

In addition to her husband and son, she is survived by another son, Kevin; daughter Kathleen Wilson; and a sister; her son Charles died in 1983.

Services were private.

Memorial donations may be made to ALS Hope Foundation, 219 N. Broad St., Philadelphia 19107.