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Betty Hurd Cramer

ABOVE: Betty Hurd Cramer Celebrates 90th Birthday.

Betty Jane Kepler Hurd Cramer and her family moved to central Florida in 1951.  Her husband  (William P. Hurd) found employment as an accountant and became Orlando General Hospital’s first administrator before his tragic death in 1963.  Betty bought the neighborhood swimming pool and ran it for decades, making it the center of the community.


ABOVE: Mrs. William Hurd of Azalea Park Garden Club displays a free form interpretive designed floral arrangement in the Sogetsu school, one of the classes in the Orlando Garden Club sponsored flower show during the Central Florida Exposition Feb. 27-March 4. The only note of color in the black and white arrangement is a red camellia. Competition in the show, The World At Our Doorstep, is open to garden clubbers in Marion, Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Brevard and Orange Counties.

Listen to the oral history interview with Betty Hurd Cramer in July 2011.

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Betty passed away on November 28, 2014.  VIEW her tribute at EPOCHLegacies.org

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Interpretive Design

Mrs. William Hurd of Azalea Park Garden Club displays a free form interpretive designed floral arrangement in the Sogetsu school, one of...

Betty Hurd Cramer Floral Arrangement

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Floral Arrangements - Betty Hurd

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Betty Hurd Cramer Floral Arrangement 2

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Betty Hurd Cramer Floral Arrangement 3

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Betty Hurd Cramer Floral Arrangement 4

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Betty Hurd Cramer Floral Arrangement 5

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Orlando General Hospital Guild

Members of the Orlando General Hospital Guild busy making costumes and decorations to be used at the Benefit Ball, November 11. L...

Azalea Park Garden Club

Newspaper article about the Azalea Park Garden Club.

Garden Club Members on TV

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Garden Club Junior Judge Certificate

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Garden Club Master Judge Certificate

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Betty Hurd Cramer Swimming Party Hostess

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Betty Hurd Cramer Celebrates 90th Birthday

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Arabian Nights Theme Gala Benefit

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Yvonne Huffman Gray

Yvonne Huffman Gray performed Arabian dances for the Orlando General Hospital Guild's Benefit Gala (November 11, 1961.)

Azalea Park Swimming Pool

Here we see Betty Hurd with some of her many swim team members at the Azalea Park Swimming Pool, which she owned...

Mom Hurd - Swim Team Coach

Betty Hurd was the coach for the Colonial Swim Club for several years. Here is her club jacket patch.

Betty Hurd Cramer Interview

Betty Hurd Cramer moved to Orlando in 1951 with her husband (William P. Hurd) and three daughters




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