AUGUSTA – “Bye for now.” Betty June Beckim said farewell after basking in goodbyes from her loved ones on April 15, 2022, at the age of 94. Born Feb. 29, 1928 in Readfield, Maine, to Chester and Violet (Piper) Weymouth, Betty was a woman ahead of her time, a rockstar at Key Bank during an era dominated by men, and a woman who suffered no fools and did it her way.Betty loved many things: her camp at Moosehead Lake (her favorite place on Earth), owls, hummingbirds and loons, her brother Dick’s baked beans, chocolate ice cream, a cold Coors light and a warm coffee brandy, a good laugh, and most of all, her family. She lived for her grandsons – Chad, Brad, Chris, Andrew and Matt – and noted that the happiest time in her life was “with her grandsons up to Moosehead,” where their adventures included snowmobiling, booney cruisin’, skipping rocks at Dexter Lake, and sharing jokes of all kinds (she never tired of the crayfish in the slipper prank). She loved Thanksgiving and Christmas, never missed a birthday, and had a knack for sneaking her grandsons’ pizza money and life advice during their lean years.Predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Robert E. Beckim, she is survived by her sons, Bobby and Billy and their wives, Nadine and Linda; her siblings, Norman and wife Adelaide, Leland and wife Alica, Maynard and wife Tina; and sister Ginny Watson and husband Don; her neighbors, Dick and Nan Paradis, a slew of great-grandchildren, and her “darling girl” Diane Beckim.Per Betty’s wishes, there will be no visitation, and contributions in her name can be made to Rockwood Fire & Rescue, Jackman Rd, Rockwood, ME, 04478. But honestly, if you really want to honor Betty? Go fishing. Watch a sunset. Listen to an 8-track of Slim Whitman. Enjoy a drink. Listen to the snowfall. Savor a meal. Share a laugh. Hug someone close to you. And Live. She did, and her list of regrets was miniscule because of it.

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