Betty Mae Barteaux - Richard's Mother

 Barteaux, Betty Mae

Born May 26, 1920 to Hershel and Hazel Stevens in Los Angeles, California, passed away on January 25, 2005, at her home in Palm Springs, California. Betty was raised in the West Adams district of Los Angeles and loved to tell stories about how she and her sister, Eileen, worked as box lunch extras at Twentieth Century Fox. Betty graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1938. Shortly after that, according to family legend, she went to the old Santa Monica skating rink near Venice, and spotted a tall, good looking young man across the floor. They skated right at each other, to the middle of the rink. Thus began her relationship with her husband of over sixty years, Dean Barteaux. Dean and Betty lived in Santa Monica and then moved to Cheviot Hills as Dean's busines, Barco Aviation, prospered. It was there that they raised their child, Richard. Betty loved travel, clothes and diamonds. She was a member of the Garden Club of West Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Country Club. She exemplified style, elegance, taste and generosity that seems rare today. Betty and Dean retired to their vacation home in Palm Springs in 1990 where they entertained friends and family with cards, swimming and sight seeing. Betty was predeceased by her husband, Dean; her son, Richard; and her sister, Eileen. She is survived by her grandson, Richard Barteaux, Jr., great-grandchildren, Brooke, Kyle and Travis; granddaughter, Angel Rogers, her husband Damon, great-grandchildren, Jason and Sean; and Betty's nephew, Michael Castle. No services are planned.

Published by Los Angeles Times on Jan. 28, 2005.

The Facts are documented, Angel.

Angel, the second daughter, third child of Richard Lee Barteaux, Senior, left a comment on this site some time ago, likely after Carolyn Anne Barteaux, the daughter born from my marriage to Richard Lee Barteaux, Senior, from Richard's second marriage.  

Angel's comment was, "This is all lies!!!! Im angel barteaux".

I suppose I was intended to feel intimidated of something of the kind. Not a bit.  

The documents are available, and I will simplify this for Angel by providing the links. 

Barteaux Timeline 

Marriage Certificate  - September 7, 1966 - for Mary Linda (Melinda) Pillsbury and Richard Lee Barteaux

Carolyn Anne Barteaux was born July 5, 1967 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica.

Divorce Agreement - April 20th, 1968 - Settlement Agreement between Melinda Pillsbury Barteaux and Richard Lee Barteaux

Divorce Decree   - June 24th, 1968

I was just relieved to have no contact with Richard or his family again, as Richard's abusive behavior had started soon after his parents rented us an apartment.  It had been entirely unnerving to watch and listen to his headbanging while he wore his Nazi uniform and listened to speeches by Adolph Hitler - but being battered into senselessness several times had made me anxious to never see him, or hear from or about him, again.  

But it appears that the Barteaux's knew that paying any support or a settlement for the physical damage done to me would be costly.  Those injuries still haunt me today. 

Also, and very important, was the fact Richard, learning I was pregnant, told me if the baby was a girl he would have sex with her.  My parents, learning this, and then from our attorney, decided that all steps possible should be taken to ensure Richard had NO CONTACT with the child.  

My parents, shocked, disgusted, and revolted by the lack of simple decency displayed by Betty and Dean had also decided they wanted nothing to do with them of their son. 

So, that is my part of the story.  

But the ugly behavior on the part of your father, Richard Lee Barteaux, Senior, continued.

1982
      September 29 - Law Suit against RLB, Senior, by the State of California, Substitution.   Dunne, Phelps, Mills, Smith & Jackson is handing the case over to Comstock & Comstock Case No. BKG 6526 926
      

December 9 - Married:  Richard Lee Barteaux to Belinda M. Betzing in Las Vegas.  Marriage Certificate   Belinda received a hefty settlement from the Barteaux's she told me. She was also routinely battered.

1992
     January 6, Letter to Dean Joseph Kertes from Janet Eddy, Ph. D.,   regarding the learning disabilities of Richard Lee Barteaux, Junior.  Letter

 1993
      May 8th, Died:  Richard Lee Barteaux, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Death Certificate

 

And that is the truth.  Learn to live with it, Angel. 

Response to Angel Barteaux

 

Angel, the second daughter, third child of Richard Lee Barteaux, Senior, left a comment on this site some time ago, likely after Carolyn Anne Barteaux, the daughter born from my marriage to Richard Lee Barteaux, Senior, from Richard's second marriage.  

Angel's comment was, "This is all lies!!!! Im angel barteaux".

I suppose I was intended to feel intimidated of something of the kind. Not a bit.  

The documents are available, and I will simplify this for Angel by providing the links. 

Barteaux Timeline 

Marriage Certificate  - September 7, 1966 - for Mary Linda (Melinda) Pillsbury and Richard Lee Barteaux

Carolyn Anne Barteaux was born July 5, 1967 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica.

Divorce Agreement - April 20th, 1968 - Settlement Agreement between Melinda Pillsbury Barteaux and Richard Lee Barteaux

Divorce Decree   - June 24th, 1968

I was just relieved to have no contact with Richard or his family again, as Richard's abusive behavior had started soon after his parents rented us an apartment.  It had been entirely unnerving to watch and listen to his headbanging while he wore his Nazi uniform and listened to speeches by Adolph Hitler - but being battered into senselessness several times had made me anxious to never see him, or hear from or about him, again.  

But it appears that the Barteaux's knew that paying any support or a settlement for the physical damage done to me would be costly.  Those injuries still haunt me today. 

Also, and very important, was the fact Richard, learning I was pregnant, told me if the baby was a girl he would have sex with her.  My parents, learning this, and then from our attorney, decided that all steps possible should be taken to ensure Richard had NO CONTACT with the child.  

My parents, shocked, disgusted, and revolted by the lack of simple decency displayed by Betty and Dean had also decided they wanted nothing to do with them of their son. 

So, that is my part of the story.  

But the ugly behavior on the part of your father, Richard Lee Barteaux, Senior, continued.

1982
      September 29 - Law Suit against RLB, Senior, by the State of California, Substitution.   Dunne, Phelps, Mills, Smith & Jackson is handing the case over to Comstock & Comstock Case No. BKG 6526 926
      

December 9 - Married:  Richard Lee Barteaux to Belinda M. Betzing in Las Vegas.  Marriage Certificate   Belinda received a hefty settlement from the Barteaux's she told me. She was also routinely battered.

1992
     January 6, Letter to Dean Joseph Kertes from Janet Eddy, Ph. D.,   regarding the learning disabilities of Richard Lee Barteaux, Junior.  Letter

 1993
      May 8th, Died:  Richard Lee Barteaux, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Death Certificate

 

And that is the truth.  Learn to live with it, Angel.