Obit of Botchlet, Earlene [Killer] (b324) - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 19 Apr 2004 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== The Chickasha Express-Star 2 April 2004 EARLENE BOTCHLET Earlene Botchlet was born October 29, 1914, on the family farm 16 miles east of Cordell, to Sam Killer and Inez Young Killer. She died March 30, 2004, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City, at the age of 89 years, 5 months and 10 days. She married G. L. "Jiggs" Botchlet April 15, 1933, in Cordell. They had one daughter, Juanita Botchlet Wham. Earlene and Jiggs worked side by side in their business, including Jiggs Cage Eggs and Jiggs Smoked Turkeys, until her retirement at age 62. Earlene was a faithful Christian and Bible scholar, attending 4th & College Church of Christ until she and Jiggs moved to Elk City in 2002 to be near Juanita and Don. She then attended Elk City United Methodist Church with her family. Preceding her in death were her parents and one brother, Leroy Killer and his wife, Marie, one sister-in-law, Laverna Doran and her husband, Loyd "Jimmy" Doran, brothers-in-law, Lorell Botchlet, Harley Botchlet and Coy Botchlet. She is survived by her husband, G. L. "Jiggs" Botchlet of Elk City; daughter, Juanita and husband, Don Wham, of Elk City; grandchildren, Teresa Hinter and husband, Bill, of Chickasha, and Carol Wilson and husband, Bill, of Elk City; great grandchildren, Heather Sutton and husband, Brandon, of Amarillo, Texas, Jon Wilson and wife, Jennifer, of Cordell, Ben Wilson of Elk City, Julie Hintner and Alicia Hintner, of Chickasha; great great grandsons, Jordan and Noah Sutton of Amarillo, Texas; sisters Lorraine Wood of Cordell, and Ann Johnson and husband, Earl, of Weatherford, Texas; brother, Jim Killer of Apache Junction, Arizona; brother and sister-in-law, Layle and Elda Botchlet of Clinton; sisters-in-law, Joy Botchlet of Davis, Ira Dean Botchlet of Cordell, Wanza Botchlet Barrett of Denver; and numerous nieces and nephews, all of whom she loved dearly. Memorials may be made to Cordell Christian Home in Cordell or Elk City United Methodist Church music ministry. Funeral services for Earlene Botchlet will be held at 4th & College Church of Christ in Cordell on Friday, April 2, 2004, at 2:00 p.m. Bill Oden will officiate. Burial will follow in Lawnview Cemetery, under the direction of McClure Funeral Home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html