Obit of Burrow, Jaunita - Cimarron County, Oklahoma

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::Willowbar Cemetery--Keyes OK

Jaunita Burrow

KEYES, Okla. - Jaunita Burrow, 86, died Monday, Jan. 18, 1999.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church with 
Jason Kearney officiating. Burial will be in Willowbar Cemetery in 
Keyes by Cimarron Mortuary of Boise City.

Mrs. Burrow was born and raised near Keyes where she attended Bunker 
Hill School. In 1929, her family moved to Phoenix. They later 
returned to Cimarron County where she graduated from Keyes High 
School in 1933.

Mrs. Burrow attended Panhandle A&M and Northwestern State College 
before she graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1935. She 
taught at rural schools in several towns before returning to Keys to 
teach.

Mrs. Burrow was active in the First Baptist Church of Keyes where she 
taught in the youth department. The Sunday school teachers presented 
her a plaque for 50-plus years of work. She was director and 
associational director for the Women's Missionary Union.

For 12 years, Mrs. Burrow served on the Town Board. She was on the 
board of directors of Cimarron Feeders and Cimarron Elevator, a 
member of Keyes Garden Club and a charter member of Delta Kappa Gamma 
sorority. In 1991, she was chosen Santa Fe Trail Queen.

She married David Burrow in 1945. He preceded her in death.

Survivors include three sons, Fred Burrow of Keyes, Eldon Burrow of 
Albuquerque, N.M., and David LeRoy Burrow of Stillwater; three 
brothers, Clarence Wilmarth and Kenneth Wilmarth, both of Keyes, and 
Elmer Wilmarth of Oklahoma City; a sister, Leola Moore; six 
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church Memorial 
Fund which may be left in care of the mortuary.

Amarillo Daily News 20 Jan 1999
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