Betty (Lowenstein) Heiss, 89, of Storrs, died Dec. 23. Born in New York City, she was the daughter not Irving and Dorothy (Marx) Lowenstein. In addition to her partner Bill Hines, she is survived by her daughters, Linda Heiss and her husband Fred Szymanski of New York City and Gallatin, N.Y., and Elizabeth Heiss and her husband Steve Karlin of Rhode Island; her grandchildren, Sam Karlin and Amelia Karlin; her sister-in-law Maxine Hein; and two nieces and their families. Her marriage to Jerry Heiss ended in divorce.