Elizabeth Lee (Otley) Tabari
Obituary
Elizabeth "Betty" Lee Tabari (née Otley), 87, passed away peacefully in Las Vegas Nevada, on August 30, 2023.
Betty was born in Washington D.C. on May 27, 1936. She graduated from nursing school at Washington Hospital Center, where she met her first husband and the father of her four children.
Betty moved to Northern California with her husband and children in 1963. She lived in both Los Gatos and Saratoga, California for a combined 55 years, until moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2018, to be near her two daughters.
Betty was a Registered Nurse who loved working in the Operating Room. After raising her 4 children, she returned to nursing and worked at Los Gatos Surgery Center as an OR Nurse, until retiring at the age of 69.
Betty was a loving sister of Jack Otley of Muncie, IN. She was a devoted mother of Cyrus (Maureen) Tabari of Watsonville, California; Cynthia Moehring of Henderson, NV; Zane (Meghan) Tabari of Lewisville, TX; and Melissa Tabari of Las Vegas, NV. She was proud to call herself Grandma to Carleen Tabari, Charles Moehring, Patrick Tabari, Morgan Tabari, Camille Tabari, Shayda Tabari, and Jackson Tabari.
She is preceded in death by her father Arthur Otley and her mother Thelma Otley.
There will be a private celebration of life for her immediate family. Donations may be made in her name to Keep Memory Alive, which supports the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Donate to Keep Memory Alive (ccf.org).
Published in Los Gatan · September 5, 2023