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| Elizabeth Crockett "Betsey" Shay |
BOULDER, CO. Elizabeth Crockett “Betsey” Shay of Boulder, passed away at
home, in Sunshine Canyon, on July 22 after a 19-month battle with glioblastoma
(brain cancer). Born in 1958, in Dummerston, Vt., her childhood years
were spent in Providence, R.I., Penn Yan, N.Y., and Appleton, Wis.
She returned in 1972 to Dummerston for high school, graduated in the Class of 1976, and went on to receive her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Wellesley College in 1980, later studying music composition at Bennington College. She married Robert Shay, in Brattleboro, Vt., in 1986 and is survived by him and their daughter Katherine. She also leaves behind her father Larrimore Crockett, stepmother Ellen Crockett, and brother John Crockett, all of Vermont. Her mother, Shirley Harris Crockett, predeceased her in 1998.
Betsey and Robert came to Colorado in 2014, both to work at the University of Colorado Boulder. Betsey was an assistant director of development in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Earlier in her career, she worked in international education at Youth for Understanding in Washington, D.C., and the Experiment in International Living in Putney, Vt. She went on to work for over 20 years in non-profit fundraising, serving on the staffs of Lyon College in Batesville, Ark., Duke University in Durham, N.C., Wentworth Institute of Technology and the Celebrity Series in Boston, Mass., and Stephens College in Columbia, Mo.
Betsey was an avid choral singer, notably with the Blanche Moyse Chorale of Vermont and the choir of the Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal), in Chestnut Hill, Mass., where she also served as a member of the vestry. Before her illness, she had recently developed a passion for running, completing a half marathon in New Orleans in February 2014.
In lieu of flowers, Betsey’s family invites contributions to the Betsey Crockett Shay Memorial Scholarship Fund, being established at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music. Funeral services will be held at a later time.
She returned in 1972 to Dummerston for high school, graduated in the Class of 1976, and went on to receive her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Wellesley College in 1980, later studying music composition at Bennington College. She married Robert Shay, in Brattleboro, Vt., in 1986 and is survived by him and their daughter Katherine. She also leaves behind her father Larrimore Crockett, stepmother Ellen Crockett, and brother John Crockett, all of Vermont. Her mother, Shirley Harris Crockett, predeceased her in 1998.
Betsey and Robert came to Colorado in 2014, both to work at the University of Colorado Boulder. Betsey was an assistant director of development in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Earlier in her career, she worked in international education at Youth for Understanding in Washington, D.C., and the Experiment in International Living in Putney, Vt. She went on to work for over 20 years in non-profit fundraising, serving on the staffs of Lyon College in Batesville, Ark., Duke University in Durham, N.C., Wentworth Institute of Technology and the Celebrity Series in Boston, Mass., and Stephens College in Columbia, Mo.
Betsey was an avid choral singer, notably with the Blanche Moyse Chorale of Vermont and the choir of the Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal), in Chestnut Hill, Mass., where she also served as a member of the vestry. Before her illness, she had recently developed a passion for running, completing a half marathon in New Orleans in February 2014.
In lieu of flowers, Betsey’s family invites contributions to the Betsey Crockett Shay Memorial Scholarship Fund, being established at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music. Funeral services will be held at a later time.
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