Betty McGraw

Betty Joanne Morrison McGraw, 76, passed away peacefully April 9, 2025. She was born on July 6, 1948 at the Island Falls Hospital, the daughter of Alston and Gertrude (Mclaughlin) Morrison of Dyer Brook, ME.

Betty graduated from Island Falls High School in 1966. She graduated from Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston, ME with a diploma of nursing degree in 1969. She also attended Ricker College. She furthered her education and received her bachelor's degree in nursing. Betty married Chet McGraw in 1969 and they raised their family in the house they built in Dyer Brook, ME. They were married for 39 years.

Betty started working on the Monday following graduation at Madigan Hospital in Houlton, ME. She worked at Houlton Regional Hospital in many different roles of the course of many years. In 1996 she started working at Eastern Maine Medical Center in the Emergency Department. The ED was what she loved. She also worked as house nursing supervisor, Walk in Care Nurse Manager, and in a Primary Care Practice until her retirement in 2015. Most recently Betty read state board exams to people and proctored exams. She enjoyed staying connected to nursing with that job in retirement.

Betty loved fishing, watching wildlife, time at camp when married to Chet, and sunsets from their home they built in Dyer Brook. She enjoyed time spent with family and friends. She especially enjoyed her time spent with her grandkids. Betty loved following the Red Sox and shared that passion with her sister Charlotte the last few years, they would talk on the phone as they watched the game at their own house. She loved following high school basketball and would watch most evenings on WHOU streaming service. In her retirement she was able to travel with her sister Charlotte and take fishing trips with Charlotte and brother Mel. She enjoyed supporting and watching her granddaughters, Abby and Lauren, in all their childhood activities. One favorite outing was with her sisters Judy and Charlotte and cousin Helen to a Dolly Parton concert. They got a limo to and from the concert and had some "red carpet treatment" to and from their seats.

Betty is survived by her children Holly Hogan and her husband Chuck of Glenburn; Kirby McGraw and his wife Kamila Abeldinova of Glenburn; her brother Melvin Morrison and his wife Karen of Dyer Brook; her granddaughters Abby and Lauren Hogan of Glenburn; her sister in law Sheila Nelson and her husband Rodney of Travelers Rest, SC; nieces and nephews: Chip Cameron and wife Jeanne, Wayne Cameron and wife Colleen, Terri Cameron, Mike Cameron and wife Diana, Becky Settlemyer and husband Lee, Jannie Durr and partner Paul Abbott, Shanna Duffy and husband Evan, Rebecca Atkins and husband Douglas, Pat Patterson and wife Robin, Trish Golightly and husband Preston, Kimball Perrin and wife Jocelyn; and many great nieces and nephews. Beloved pets Spooky, Hank, and Fenway.

In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her husband Glenn "Chet" McGraw; sisters Judy Cameron and Charlotte Durr; brothers in law Sonny Cameron and Kirby Locke; nephew Glenn Patterson, and close family friends Ted and Arlene Friel.

Funeral Services will be held 1 pm Tuesday April 22, 2025 at Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St. Bangor with the Rev. David Fox officiating. The family invites relatives and friends to share conversation and refreshments at the Family Reception Center of Brookings-Smith 163 Center St , following the service.

Gifts may be sent in Betty's memory to Dyer Brook Scholarship Fund, Dollars for Scholars, 922 Dyer Brook Rd, Dyer Brook, ME 04747 or Cancer Care of Maine specifically to help with transportation costs for patients.

For a full obituary please go to BrookingsSmith.com, condolences may be expressed there as well.