Rev. Betty L. Eckles, 83, of Chetopa, formerly of Mound Valley, died at 2:10 p.m., Friday, November 2, 2012, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home.
She was born June 29, 1929, in Centralia, Oklahoma, to Delbert Howard and Lydia May (Bell) Kirk. She grew up and attended school near Miami, Oklahoma.
Through the years she had lived in Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma. She had pastored at various churches including Chetopa and Mound Valley and was a member of the Lighthouse Tabernacle in Mound Valley.
She enjoyed writing songs and poems, playing the piano and guitar, doing crafts, cooking, sewing and quilting.
On March 14, 1983, she married Robert K. Eckles. He preceded her in death on June 25, 2002.
Survivors include:
One Son – Floyd Ash and wife, Tina Oswego, KS
Two Daughters – Patricia Swenson Lowell, AR
Loretta Wittner and husband, Ed Joplin, MO
Sixteen Grandchildren
Numerous Great and Great-Great-Grandchildren
Two Brothers – Gerald Kirk Broken Arrow, OK
Howard Kirk Coffeyville, KS
Two Sisters – Bonnie Cox Miami, OK
Lawanda Delmont Galena, KS
She was preceded in death by two brothers, three sisters, one son and one great-grandchild.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Chetopa. Friends may call from 10:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa.
Memorials are suggested to the Lighthouse Tabernacle. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Rev. Betty L. Eckles, please visit our flower store.
She was born June 29, 1929, in Centralia, Oklahoma, to Delbert Howard and Lydia May (Bell) Kirk. She grew up and attended school near Miami, Oklahoma.
Through the years she had lived in Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma. She had pastored at various churches including Chetopa and Mound Valley and was a member of the Lighthouse Tabernacle in Mound Valley.
She enjoyed writing songs and poems, playing the piano and guitar, doing crafts, cooking, sewing and quilting.
On March 14, 1983, she married Robert K. Eckles. He preceded her in death on June 25, 2002.
Survivors include:
One Son – Floyd Ash and wife, Tina Oswego, KS
Two Daughters – Patricia Swenson Lowell, AR
Loretta Wittner and husband, Ed Joplin, MO
Sixteen Grandchildren
Numerous Great and Great-Great-Grandchildren
Two Brothers – Gerald Kirk Broken Arrow, OK
Howard Kirk Coffeyville, KS
Two Sisters – Bonnie Cox Miami, OK
Lawanda Delmont Galena, KS
She was preceded in death by two brothers, three sisters, one son and one great-grandchild.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Chetopa. Friends may call from 10:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa.
Memorials are suggested to the Lighthouse Tabernacle. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Rev. Betty L. Eckles, please visit our flower store.
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