Bette Jane Clarno
Bette Jane (Baker) Clarno was born on June 3, 1921 in Portland, OR, and died December 21, 2007. She spent most of her childhood summers at her grandparents' beach house in Long Beach, WA, of which she often fondly spoke. She moved with her husband, Robert Clarno, and their four children to San Diego in 1952. She spent 19 years playing the piano for Adult Education School choruses. Upon retiring, Bette and Bob enjoyed 10 years of travel in their 5th wheel exploring all 50 states. Bette was predeceased by her husband of 59 years in 1999. She is survived and will be greatly missed by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Jan Clarno of Burbank, WA, daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Ron Tenison of Beaverton, OR, daughter and son-in-law Sally and Mark DiVecchio of San Diego, daughter Mary Clarno of San Diego, and sister Charlene Baker of Tacoma, WA, 14 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and two great-great- grandchildren, and her many friends from Belmont Village of Sabre Springs. The family thanks San Diego Hospice for their invaluable support and suggests donations to them in lieu of flowers.
The
3rd of June 2021 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bette Baker
(Kennedy) Clarno. It took us 100 years to fully understand who her
father really was. I have more evidence now that Bette's father was
Rowe Davis Kennedy not Charles Lee Baker. I presented DNA evidence that
(in my view) showed that Bette was NOT a Baker and much more probably
connected with the Davis and Kennedy families from the Portland area.
Now I have found a newspaper clipping from 9 Aug 1920 that places Rowe
back in Corvallis, OR after attending and graduating from the
University of Pennsylvania (My alma mater!) and working in Bethlehem,
PA for several years. That date is just about 100 years and 9 months
from 3 Jun 2021. Read about it and see the newspaper clipping here: 