Elizabeth “Betty” McMahon

Elizabeth “Betty” McMahon

Elizabeth “Betty” Lucille Frank McMahon, 90, passed away on April 25, 2026 in Layton, Utah.  

Betty was born on April 8, 1936 in Mitchell, Nebraska and was the eldest of six children.  She was raised on a farm in Nebraska before moving to Lander Wyoming, where her family established a cattle ranch.  Betty graduated from

Fremont County Vocational High School as salutatorian in 1953. She began her first teaching position at the age of 18 on the Wind River Reservation in Crowheart Wyoming.  She attended Western Montana College, where she was active in Chorus, Women’s Athletic Association, and Kappa Phi Honor Society, and served as president of the Art Club and Art Editor for the college yearbook.  She graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts in Art.

Betty met her beloved husband, Michael “Mike” Geary McMahon while attending summer school at Western.  They were married in Dillon, Montana on May 30, 1958.  

She and Mike made their home in Anaconda, Montana, where they raised three children.  Kind and patient, Betty was a born teacher.  She operated a private kindergarten when her children were young and returned to full-time teaching in 1970.  She taught second grade at W.K. Dwyer School until her retirement in 1995. Betty and Mike returned to Lander, Wyoming in 1997, and lived there for 24 years before moving to Utah in 2021.  In retirement, Betty

became an avid quilter who created many beautiful quilts and wall hangings. 

Betty was preceded in death by her husband; parents, William and Pauline Korell Frank; and three brothers, William, Gary, and Ronald Frank.

She is survived by sisters, Karen (Lee) Wilkes of Pavillion, Wyoming and Gail O’Neal of Marriott-Slaterville, Utah, a son, John McMahon of South Ogden, Utah; daughters, Laurie Clark of Layton, Utah, and Mary Ellen McMahon of Portland, Oregon; three grandchildren; five great-grandsons; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services and burial were in Lander, Wyoming on May 1, 2026.  Please sign the online guestbook at hudsonfh.com.