Betty L. Coates of Carson City, died June 13, 2010. She was born in 1941 in Los Angeles. She is survived by daughters Kim (and Andy) Wixon of Washington state, and Melinda Zemp, Carson City; son Randy (and Kim) Reeves, Silver Springs; sister Linda Howard and brother Richard Willard, both of California; 13 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her son-in-law Tony Zemp.