Obit of Dew, Beatrice - Delaware County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 05 Nov 2006 Return to Delaware County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/delaware/delaware.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Bill Batt Cemetery--Cherokee County OK The Grove Sun Daily Beatrice Dew 1927-2005 WEST SILOAM SPRINGS, OK - Beatrice Dew, 78, of Leach, OK, died Monday, March 21, 2005 at Quail Ridge Living Center in West Siloam Springs, OK. Dew was born January 28, 1927 in Morrill, Nebraska, and was the daughter of Elmo Cleopolis Burkes and Berna Ethel Cook Burkes. In February 1945, she moved to Oklahoma, where she worked at the powder plant in Pryor. Dew married Jess Dew on August 25, 1945. She had been employed for 13 years at Lowery School, 17 years for Oaks Mission Children's Center, and retired from Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital in 1991. She was also a foster grandparent. Dew was preceded in death by her husband, Jess Dew, in 1987; one brother, Ardith Burkes, and one sister, Tilda Morrow. Survivors include one son, Bill Dew of Chicago; one daughter, Sharon Dunlap Peck of West Siloam Springs, OK; five grandchildren, 2 great- grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are six brothers, Keith Burkes of Witchita, KS; Godard Burkes of Hindsvile, AR; Lionel Burkes of Springdale, AR; Earl Burkes of Huntsville, AR; Glen Burkes of Tallahassee, FL; and Loy Burkes of Bandero, TX, and one sister, Wanda Howard of Hindsville, AR. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 PM Thursday, March 24, 2005, at Watson Memorial Chapel in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, with Rev. Jess French officiating. Burial will follow at Bill Batt Cemetary in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. To sign the online guest book, visit www.wassonfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, AR. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Delaware County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/delaware/delaware.html