Obituary for Betty Greer

Ponca City Now - September 16, 2017 10:01 am

Betty June Greer

(July 1, 1923 – September 15, 2017)

Betty June Greer, formally of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday night, September 15, 2017 at Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City at the age of 94 years.

Betty June Greer was born on July 1, 1923, on a farm in Kildare, Oklahoma, to J.N.E. and Effie Wavy (Hadley) Muret. After living in Kildare, she and her family moved to Blackwell, Oklahoma, where she attended Blackwell High School and graduated from there in 1941. Betty met her husband, Neal, at Blackwell High School, and they got married on October 12, 1941. Neal was in the U.S. Army for 22 years, and with him, they lived all over the world.

In 1960, Betty and her husband moved to Midwest City, Oklahoma to make their home. Betty worked at Mary’s Nursery in Midwest City for 38 years. She loved the children there and worked until she was 76 years old.

She is survived by her two children, Pamelia Greer Farrow of Palmdale, California, and Neal Curtis Greer II of Tuttle, Oklahoma; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Neal Curtis Greer; and sisters, Lucille Mae Frazier and Delores Law.

A graveside service is scheduled for 2:00pm Tuesday, September 19, 2017 in the Blackwell Cemetery with Rev. Rob Harris of Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church in Ponca City, Oklahoma officiating.

Casketbearers will be Tim Farrow, Dale Harris, and DeWayne Muret.