Elizabeth "Betty" Everett, age 92, of Defiance, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at Glenn Park of Defiance. She was born on March 24, 1929, to the late Ethel (Parker) and Richard J. Steele Sr. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On September 1, 1950, she married Horace H. Everett, who preceded her in death on October 19, 2008. Betty was a faithful member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church and Mutual Improvement Circle (MIC). She earned her bachelor's degree from Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio, and was a free lance writer. She published nine books, as well as more than four thousand short stories, articles and devotionals. Betty was co-founder of N.W. Ohio Christian Writers. Betty will be sadly missed by her daughter, Jean (Scott) Cohoon of Cranston, Rhode Island, four grandchildren, Lincoln (Arynn) Cohoon, Suzanne Cohoon, Sheila Everett and Molly (Brendan) Enrick, two great-grandchildren, and her daughter-in-law, Eileen Everett of Kent, Ohio. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her son, David Everett, and her brother, the Rev. Richard J. Steele Jr. V