Cora Lynn Bettcher left this world for a better place on February 28, 2018. She was born in Oberlin, Ohio July 5th, 1967. Cora attended Huron High School through her sophomore year and graduated from Kingswood / Cranbrook School in Bloomfield, Michigan, where her interest in the art world was born.
She attended Boston University. In 1995, Cora opened her first gallery in Miami Beach and a few years later a second in Miami. Due to illness in 2005, she closed her galleries and was encouraged by a friend to move to Fort Myers, Florida
She is survived by her mother, Avis Williams and husband Hugh, Sullivan, Maine; her brother Tad Bettcher and wife Donna, North Yarmouth, Maine. She was predeceased by her father, Richard Bettcher, and paternal grandparents Louis and Leota Bettcher, and maternal grandparents, Gene and Esther Walker. Cora deeply loved her Ohio cousins, aunts and uncles.
There will be no service, only memories.
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We were friends in college, and i saw her once in Miami in her art gallery. I was intimidated by her beauty and sophistication. It was because of this i didn't reach out to her more.
When i heard she was sick and living in Naples, i tried to connect her with my sister, a doctor. I talked to her mother, as did my sister. I'm not sure why nothing more came of it, but i did think over time she was doing better.
Heaven has a beautiful new angel. Rest in peace dear friend.
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=cora%20bettcher%20photos
Or just do a search at FB for "Cora Betcher"
I was shocked to find out about Cora's untimely passing or even what illness she struggled with. However, I am told that she participated in animal rescues in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina where there was a horrific mix of toxins and mold. That would be like her . . . sigh.
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Sad to hear about this.