Elisabeth (Rockafellow) Dyer passed away peacefully at home on November 20, 2013 in Sun City, California. She was 96 years young and was the loving wife of Ralph Dyer for 45 years. Born in San Acacio, Colorado in 1916, she was the eldest daughter of four children of the late Charles and Hildegarde Rockafellow.
Elisabeth (known locally with admiration as Betty Prewitt before she remarried) was formerly a Marion resident for over 20 years and an active member of the community. She taught at the Loft School in Marion for 12 years, was a leader of the Mariner Seafaring Scouts and a co-founder of the Marion Art Center in 1957.
She is survived by a son, Peter Prewitt of Simsbury, Connecticut and a daughter, Elisabeth Suzanne Peterson of Marion; a sister, Louise Crow of Greenwich, Connecticut and four nephews and one neice; three grandchildren – Heidi Nye of Marion, Derek (Peterson) Oppedisano of Laguna Niguel, California and Timothy Prewitt of West Hartford, Connecticut. Also survived by four great-grandchildren, Jessica and Jared Nye and Rocco and Enzo Oppedisano and one great, great granddaughter, Makaylee Melcher.
A Memorial Service and Internment was held with family and friends in Princeton, New Jersey in the Spring of 2014.