Career
Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, Bettisworth went to Fairbanks, Alaska Territory, in 1948, to look for gold. Later he started a masonry business and was also in the grocery and real estate businesses. From 1965 to 1976, Bettisworth served in the Fairbanks-North Star Borough Assembly and was presiding officer of the borough assembly.
From 1979 to 1985, Bettisworth served in the Alaska House of Representatives.
He died in Mesa, Arizona.
