Obit of Eaken, Betty J. - 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 ========================================================================== ::Adcock FH--Fairland OK The Grove Sun Daily BETTY J. EAKEN 1931-2005 GROVE, Okla. - Betty J. Eaken, 73, of rural Grove, died Friday, April 15 at Hillcrest Specialty Hospital in Tulsa after a lengthy illness. Eaken was born May 5, 1931 at Chadwick, Missouri, to Ivan and Blanche (Gideon) Walker. She married James Eaken October 25, 1957, and was an active partner with him in their business, Industrial Sewing and Quilting Company. They moved to Grove in 1979 from Wichita, Kansas. Eaken is survived by her husband James of the home; four sons, Rickie C. Hudson and wife Patty of Wichita, Eddie Hudson of Wichita, Jimmie Eaken and wife Carrie of Mountain View, Arkansas, and Timmy Eaken of the home; four daughters, Linda Green of Las Vegas, Nevada, Glenna Guffey and husband John of Wichita, Jeanne Myers and husband Eldon of Wichita, and Vicky Clark of Grove; a brother, Bob Walker, of Sparta, Missouri; seventeen grandchildren; and twenty great grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 19 at Elk River Baptist Church with Jim Sherman officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Willie Burleson, Frankie Howerton, Lendell Bass, Bob Baker, Robert Sherer, and Tom Curtis. A visitation for family and friends will be from 5-8 p.m. Monday at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Cowskin Fire Department in care of the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of Roland Adcock of Adcock Funeral Home in Fairland. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Delaware County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/delaware/delaware.html