Nov. 4, 1928 ~ Dec. 19, 2022
Meeker native Elizabeth “Betty” Jane Oldland—a retired schoolteacher whose first job was helping out at her family’s newspaper, The Meeker Herald—died peacefully in Lone Tree, Colorado, on Dec. 19, 2022. The beloved mother and grandmother was 94.
Born on Nov. 4, 1928, to Richard Gibson Lyttle and Jessie Margaret (Gillis) Lyttle, Betty attended Meeker High School, where she was valedictorian. She went on to study journalism at the…