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Betty Cashin

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Elizabeth “Betty” Cashin, 90, Albert Lea, died on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, at St John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea.
A memorial service was Saturday, Jan. 4, at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea. Interment was in St. Theodore’s Cemetery.
Elizabeth Gabriel was born Nov. 10, 1929, to Edward and Madeline (Gerke) Gabriel in St. Paul. Her mother died in childbirth and her father married Lucile Brache two years later. Betty remained the only child in the family. Betty’s father was a railway postal clerk, and therefore the family moved often.  Betty attended grade school in St. Paul and LaCrosse, Wisconsin. She attended high school in Winona and then moved to Austin, where she graduated in 1947.
Betty entered nurses training in Rochester and after two years returned home to Austin to work as a secretary in the Hormel Corporate Office.
Betty married Don Cashin on Nov. 11, 1950, at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Austin. Their lives revolved around a growing family and Don’s career in banking. They were transferred from Austin to Albert Lea in Don’s banking position in 1953, and in 1981 they transferred to Luverne, where Don took on the position of president of the bank.
Betty was president of the Mrs. Jaycees and president of the Naeve Hospital Auxiliary while in Albert Lea. Betty loved to entertain. She enjoyed cooking, playing the piano, reading, and particularly she loved to knit. She especially enjoyed being home and being involved with their large family.
In Luverne Betty began a knitters group, and the four friends enjoyed knitting projects, dinners and traveling together, books and golf. Betty worked as a teacher’s aide at the school, volunteered at the church and she and Don enjoyed hiking and cross-country skiing.
Betty and Don enjoyed traveling, including several trips to San Francisco to visit their youngest son’s family.  They vacationed in Hawaii to celebrate their 4oth anniversary with their family. They also enjoyed several winters in Arizona and trips abroad.
Betty is survived by her husband, Don Cashin; two sons, Tim (Holly) Cashin of Tonka Bay and Tom Cashin of San Francisco; daughters Kathy Cashin of New Hope, Mary (Ken) Sutherland of White Bear Lake, Nancy (Rol) Hoium of Albert Lea, Peggy (Roger) DeWild of Austin, and Maureen (John Storm) Cashin of Hackensack; 16 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, her mother, her stepmother, and two grandsons, Timmy Cashin and Spencer DeWild.
Arrangements were provided by Bonnerup Funeral Service of Albert Lea, www.bonnerupfuneralservice.com.
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