Betty Jo (Nash) Wilcox

Betty Jo (Nash) Wilcox, 83, resident of Cornville, Arizona, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2006. She was born on February 12, 1923 in Manhattan of New York City, New York. She was born Elma Agusta Segaitz, and she was born to Edward A. and Myrle Zug Segaitz. At the age of 2, Arizona became her life-long home. In 1928, she became Betty Jo Nash, when she was adopted by Kenneth E. Nash and Vonie Kathleen (Burke) Nash-Durant. As a child, Betty attended 8 years at Emerson Grade School in Phoenix, 2 years at Phoenix Union High School and her last 2 years of high school at Hudson High, graduating in 1941. Following High School, Betty was able to attend 3 semesters at the Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona. It was also in 1941, on Christmas Eve to be exact, that she married the love of her life, Donald E. Wilcox. Professionally, Betty worked for St. Francis Xavier Church in Phoenix, Arizona for six years, and then she dedicated another 17 years to St. Joseph\u0027s Hospital and Medical Center, also located in Phoenix, Arizona. It was in 1982 that she took her retirement from St. Joseph\u0027s Hospital. She was also very active in organizations such as; the Arizona Women\u0027s Golf Association, where she was the Director of Publicity as a Board member for 3 years, and she was involved with The Central Arizona Golf District for a total of 6 years, serving 2-year terms each as Vice-President, President and Past-President. As well, Betty was also a charter member of the Chuparosa WGA, formally known as the Rancho del Ray Women\u0027s Golf Association, located in Queen Creek, Arizona. And if that wasn\u0027t enough, she was also a member of the Johnson Ranch WGA! Betty goes to reunite with her son, Raymond R. Wilcox, who passed away at the tender age of 4 months; her life-time, loving adoptive parents, as well as her birth parents; her adopted brother, Richard Burke-Nash; and her birth sister, Phyllis Elizabeth Segaitz Runyon Klagge. Betty leaves behind her devoted and loving husband for over 64 years, Donald E. Wilcox of Cornville, Arizona; her 2 sons, Earl A. Wilcox with his wife, Madelon, of Mesa, Arizona and Ronald E. Wilcox with his wife, Kim, of West Jordan, Utah; her two daughters, Vonie Jo Wilcox Watson Gunnison with her husband, Bob, of New River, Arizona and Lois Kay Wilcox Clem Petersen with her husband, Gene, of Mesa, Arizona. She was the adored grandmother to 10 grandchildren and great-grandmother to 33 great-grandchildren. Betty also leaves behind her brother Jules Klagge; Niece, Bethanne Klagge Counts with her husband, Larry, of Sun City, Arizona; and her Nephew, Jay Klagge with his wife, Carol, of Scottsdale, Arizona. (FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE ANNOUNCED ONCE THEY ARE SCHEDULED.) Betty will be laid to rest at the St. Frances Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona. An online guestbook is available at www.westcottfuneralhome.com