Obit of Beetch, Maggie Hope - Stephens County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 25 Nov 2004 Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Duncan Banner 23 Aug 2002 Maggie Hope Beetch COMANCHE — Service for Maggie Hope Beetch, 103, of Comanche, who died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Dudley Funeral Home in Comanche. Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the funeral home in Comanche. ========= Duncan Banner 25 Aug 2002 Maggie Hope Beetch COMANCHE - Maggie Hope Beetch of Comanche passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002, at the age of 103. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Comanche Funeral Home. She was born March 20, 1899, near Decatur, Texas, to R.L. and Agnes Lowe. When she was 4-years-old her family moved to Oklahoma in a covered wagon. She married Fred Beetch Aug. l, 1917, in Walters and lived in Comanche most of her life. She was lovingly know as "mawmaw" to her 11 grandkids, 15 great-grands, 11 great-great-grands and three great-great-great-grands. She was "beetchie" to her dearest neighbors. She devoted her life to serving her Savior and showed his unconditional love to everyone she met. She enjoyed family gathering, riding horses, cooking, gardening, playing dominoes, reading her Bible and singing. She especially loved to play the piano when the grandchildren would gather around and sing. She was a charter member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Addington, and also a member of the Corum Garden Club. She was a 50-year member of the Oklahoma Home and Community Educators. She was chosen as Duncan Founders Day Queen in June of 1993, when she was just 94 years old. She is survived by two sons, Charles Beetch and his wife, Dorothy, of Batesville, Ark., and Richard Pace of Westbrook, Maine; and one sister, Mayme Robinson of Electra, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 58 years; two brothers, Emmett and Hayes Lowe; three sisters, Stella Austin, Annalee Stonecipher, O'Coneta Roberts; two daughters, Frieda Hendrick and her husband, Basil, and Helen Burchell and her husband, L.J. Burchell; a daughter-in-law, Karen Pace; and a grandson, Simon Hendrick. Maggie never met a stranger and she was an exceptionally giving person. All who knew her will remember the Godly example shown by her gentle kind, sweet spirit. Her legacy is the inspiration she gave to all of us, her quick wit and sweet smile will be missed by all who knew her. The family wishes to extend a heartfelt Thank You to the Meridian Nursing home for so many years of compassionate professional care. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Seventh Day Adventist Church "Mission Fund," P.O. Box 338, Duncan, OK 73534. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm