Dokter, Betty Ham, 1922-1990

Betty Ham Dokter was born May 20, 1922 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Church was one of the main activities for everybody in school, and she went to every church in town during the summertime. Dokter graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1940. She met her husband at a drive-in and they got married during World War II.

Because her husband was enlisted in the United States Air Force, she travelled around with him wherever he was stationed. During the war, Dokter went into the Women’s Ambulance and Defense Corps. She rose up in the ranks to captain and came to Las Vegas and opened a chapter, and the officers out at Nellis Air Force Base helped her train the girls over at Las Vegas High School in the football field in preparation for the ongoing war. Dokter passed away May 11, 1990.