HERKIMER - Betty J. (Wellington) Scanlon, 77, of Eastern Gardens, died Friday morning, Dec. 8, 2000, in Faxton Hospital, Utica. Daughter of the late John and Mary Nabinger Wellington, she was born July 4, 1923, in Herkimer. A lifelong Herkimer resident, she was a graduate of Herkimer High School "Class of 1943." For over 15 years, she worked for Alegro Shoe Company in Little Falls, retiring in 1987. Betty was a devoted mother who loved her home and family. She was of the Methodist faith. Surviving are two sons, Reginald "Skip" Scanlon and his fiancee Carol Piersma of Bridgewater and Dennis and his wife Sandra Scanlon of Liverpool; one daughter, Sue Ellen and her husband Ronald Bongiorno of Herkimer; two brothers, Gerald Wellington of Ilion and Ronald and his wife Alice Wellington of Herkimer; a sister, Rita and her husband Robert Fudjack of East Herkimer; a sister-in-law Betty Wellington of Ilion; eight grandchildren, Heather and Nicole Scanlon, Ronald and Vincent Bongiorno, Kimberly Baker, Shawn Berberick, Robert and Brian Piersma, five great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews, cousins and her dear friends, Dorothy, Barb and Erv. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, John, Robert, Glenn and Phillip Wellington; a sister, Beatrice Wellington; two sisters-in-laws, Virginia and Bernadette Wellington. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Fenner Funeral Home Inc., 115 Court St., Herkimer. The Rev. William Otis, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Herkimer, will officiate. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will be present in the funeral home to receive relatives and friends Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to Faxton Hospital, Third Floor North, or the Sue Campagna Herkimer County Hospice. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.