LEWISTON — Betty Ann Hazard, 77, of Hebron died Tuesday, June 5, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center after a very long and courageous battle with breast cancer.

Betty was born in Hebron, Nov. 13, 1934, the daughter of Guy and Alice Greenwood Collins. She attended school in Hebron and Mechanic Falls. She married Eddy Hazard on Dec. 2, 1950. She was employed in her early years in various local shoe factories.

Later she attended school and became a licensed cosmetologist, eventually becoming owner of the Vanity Beauty Shop on Whitman Street in Norway. She later acquired the Northeast Laundromat in South Paris and grew it into the current Betty’s Laundry at 142 Main St., of which she was most proud.

During those busy years, she was also substitute rural mail carrier for the town of Hebron. She was a volunteer with the original Hebron/Buckfield Rescue Unit, and the Hebron volunteer fire department women’s auxiliary. She and her husband Ed sponsored the local softball league “The Dukes of Hazard.”

Betty lived life to the fullest and always on her own terms. She adored her family and friends and always had an open door with the coffee on. She loved children and they seemed to be drawn to her.

She took great pride in her home and loved caring for her lawn and gardens. She particularly loved spending winters in the desert at her home in Las Vegas.

She is survived by her son, Rodney and close family friend, Kate Hatch, of Hebron; her sister, Sadie Sturtevant of Hebron; nieces, Cheryl Letourneau and husband, Norman and their sons, Corey and Adam of Hebron and Jaye Churchill and husband, David Bouffard, of Falmouth; nephews, Skip Churchill and wife, Carol, of Hebron, Dale Churchill of Hebron and Fred Collins Jr. of South Paris; sister-in-law, Pat Collins and her daughters, Julie, Penny and Brenda; numerous grandnieces and nephews.

Betty was predeceased by her husband, Eddy; sister, Arlene Collins; brother, Fred Collins; and niece, Linda Collins Cyr.

The family wishes to give thanks to Dr. Kenneth Brodsky and the staff of St. Mary’s for their extraordinary care in her final days. Also to Dr. Frederick Aronson and entire staff of the Maine Center for Cancer Medicine in Scarborough, where she was a patient for more than 20 years. Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com.