Betty Jean Conley was born June 8, 1930, Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio, Texas to Dr. Ed and Mrs. Nell Mueller, Sr. She attended Incarnate Word High School and College, and was a member of Sigma Sigma Sorority. An accomplished water skier, she performed in the Lake Breeze Ski Lodge water ski show.

In 1951 she married E. Mike Conley and together had four children, Michael Edwin, William Kevin, Mary Elizabeth and Anne Theresa.

When her husband entered the U.S. Forest Service, she moved to Bristol, VA and Jacobs Creek serving as a volunteer driver for the Job Corpsmen in the Cherokee National Forest. In 1973 her family moved to Coeburn, VA where she served as President of the Coeburn Civic League and was a volunteer Forest Service firefighter. She went on a search and rescue mission for a downed pilot and fought forest fires in the Appalachian Mountains.

In 1986 she went to Yokohama, Japan as a Marianist missionary and served as the dorm mother for boarding children at St. Joseph International School. In 1989 she returned to San Antonio and worked for Spalten-Mueller, Inc. as a procurement officer and secretary.

Mrs. Conley was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and choir. Her most notable achievement was the support of her son, Mike, who was born severely handicapped by Cerebral Palsy, guiding him on his road to independence.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin Mike Conley; her parents and her brothers, Dr. Jack Mueller of Seguin and Dr. Ed Mueller, Jr. of San Antonio.

She is survived by her children: Michael Edwin Conley, William Kevin (Jamie) Conley, Mary Beth Marchwinski (Jay) and Anne Theresa Conley; sisters: Nell Kothman, Margaret (Howard) Wolf; brothers: Rev. James Mueller and Dr. William (Jean) Mueller; sisters-in-law: Mary Helen Mueller and Pat Mueller; 3 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

MEMORIAL SERVICES

A Memorial Rosary will be recited Monday, November 13th at 11:00 A.M. at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with a Funeral Mass to be offered at 11:45 A.M.

Inurnment will follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.