Bettye Mae Pozniakoff
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Visitation for Bettye Mae Pozniakoff, 88, of Crystal Lake, will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave. (state Route 176), Crystal Lake. Interment will follow at St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery, Hampshire.
Born Aug. 29, 1921, in Akron, Ohio, she passed away on April 24, 2010, in McHenry.
While living in Holland, she was taken to Germany and became a POW of Liebenau Prisoner Camp, from approximately 14-18 years of age, and was traded for two German officers.
She came back and worked for Boeing, working on bomber planes. Bettye was also a nurse's aide for 30-plus years, working for the Illinois State Mental Health Department. She was known to her CB radio buddies as "the Little Rebel." She lived life with joy and care, and was a service to mankind.
She is survived by her beloved children, Theodore (Rita) Pozniakoff, Robin Pozniakoff, Claudia (Alan Gaines) Pozniakoff, Eugene Pozniakoff, and Timothy (Janice) Ingel, and daughter-in-law, Debbie Simonetta; cherished grandchildren, Jack Boucek, Sean Pozniakoff, Evan Pozniakoff, and Robyn; dear great-grandchildren Keely Seyller, River Seyller, and Syles Tucker Pozniakoff; dearest sisters-in-law, Sissy Bakker and Shirley Bakker.
She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Theodore; loving son, Radley; cherished grandson, Shane; and dear brothers, John and Robert Bakker.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Lung Association, 55 West Wacker Drive No. 800, Chicago, Ill. 60601, are greatly appreciated.
Visit the Internet site www.Davenportfamily.com, where online condolences may be left for her family. For information, you may call (815) 459-3411.