Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  BETTY CHESHEWALLA RENFRO

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BETTY CHESHEWALLA RENFRO

OCNS - January 13, 2001 - Betty Cheshewalla Renfro, 82, of Pawhuska, 
Oklahoma, died peacefully January 11, 2001 in Duncan, Oklahoma.

Rosary will be at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, January 14, in the Johnson Funeral 
Home Chapel. Funeral Mass will Be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 15, in 
The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with burial in The Pawhuska 
Cemetery. Father Leonard Higgins will officiate.

Betty was born May 21, 1918 in Pawhuska to Floyd and Pearl Quinton 
Cheshewalla and graduated from Pawhuska High School in 1937. June 19, 1940, 
she married Damon "Doc" Renfro and they were married fifty-nine years when 
Damon passed away on January 30, 2000.

Betty was employed for twenty-eight years in the accounting department of 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Osage Agency in Pawhuska and was an 
active member of the Pawhuska Community, the Immaculate Conception 
Catholic Church, the Altar Society and the Klash-Kah-She Club. She was 
also a member of the Osage Indian Tribe and the American Legion Auxiliary. 
She helped with the Christ's Cupboard and the Meals on Wheels and was 
always willing to help those in need.

Survivors include three daughters and a son-in-law, Julie Greer of Denver, 
Colorado, Nita Grisham of Oklahoma City and Bette and Don Creel of Duncan, 
Oklahoma; a sister and brother-in-law, Mark and Eleanor Freeman and a 
brother and sister-in-law, Phillip "Dugan" and Jean Cheshewalla all of 
Pawhuska; a brother, Ted Edwards of California; a sister-in-law, Alma 
Cheshewalla of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and a very special cousin, Violet Willis 
of Pawhuska.

Betty's pride and joy were her grandchildren, Chad Renfro, Courtney Greer 
and Beau Neher as well as her grandsons who will be casket bearers, Donnie 
Creel, Jay Creel, John Greer, Nigel Grisham and Kevin Dressler and nephew 
Joseph Cheshewalla. Also surviving are two great grandsons and numerous 
other relatives and friends.

Betty leaves with all of us her beautiful smile, quick wit and wonderful 
giving spirit. May God Bless Her.

Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.