Obit of Newnam, Betty - Ottawa County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 29 Nov 2009 Return to Ottawa County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/ottawa/ottawa.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::NOT LISTED Eugene Register Guard May 25, 2005 Betty Newnam REEDSPORT - A memorial service will be held May 26 for Betty Louise Newnam of Reedsport, who died May 21 of respiratory failure. She was 73. Newnam was born Jan. 31, 1932, in Carl Junction, Mo., to Thomas and Lela Elliott Perry. She married Lewis Newnam in 1950 in Miami, Okla. She worked as a licensed practical nurse for 40 years in California and Oregon. After retiring from Roseburg Veterans Administration Hospital, she moved to Reedsport. She belonged to the Western Cherokee Nation and Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Reedsport. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and her dogs, Pugs and Sasha. Survivors include three sisters, Marie Perry of Roseburg and Clara Seele and Carolyn Doyle, both of Oklahoma; and a brother, Lee Thompson of Texas. Her husband died in 1989 and a daughter, Lela Jane, also died previously. Thursday's service will be held at 2 p.m. at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church. Dunes Memorial Chapel in Reedsport is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Ottawa County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/ottawa/ottawa.html