IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Betty Lou

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Miller

Dec 28, 1927 — Feb 10, 2008

Obituary

Betty Lou Miller, 80, died February 10, 2008 at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. Betty was born December 28, 1927 at Richie, Missouri, the daughter of Clyde Earl and Bertha Ona Mitchell Douthitt. She was a 1945 graduate of Pierce City High School. She had been married to Marion L. "Les" Burke and later she married her current husband Leonard J. Miller on September 21, 1968 at Great Bend, Kansas. He survives. Betty was a resident of Great Bend for 63 years coming from Pierce City, Missouri. She was the matriarch of her family and always ready with a smile. She will be sincerely missed. Among jobs, other than being a great wife and mother, she worked at J. C. Penney from 1963-1971 and then Commercial Credit as a Loan Manager where she retired in 1987. She and her loving husband enjoyed cooking, gardening, entertaining lots of friends and family, traveling, and spending time together as a couple. She was a member of Central Baptist Church, V. F. W. Auxiliary, and was a former officer in the Business and Professional Women's Club, all of Great Bend. Survivors include her husband Leonard of the home; two sons, Lester L. Burke of Ellinwood and Gary G. Burke of Great Bend; three daughters, Dana D. Abrams, Betty Belinda Peters and Karla K. Burke all of Great Bend; eleven grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. Betty was preceded in death by two brothers, J. D. Douthitt and Glenn Douthitt and six sisters, Naomi Hudson, Joan Reat, Helen Roark, Jeannie Fijak and Clydene Tate. Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 14, 2008 at Great Bend Cemetery Great Bend, Kansas with Pastor John Grummon officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 13, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Thursday, February 14, 2008 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m., all at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend. Memorials are suggested to Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice in care of the funeral home.
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