Betty Jean Eden

Betty Jean Eden Mrs. Betty Jean Eden, 84, of Nowata, died at 11:01 A.M. on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Funeral services for Mrs. Eden will be held at 11 A.M. on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at the Trinity Full Gospel Church in Nowata with Rev. Roy Peters officiating. Interment will be in the Nowata Memorial Pak Cemetery directed by the Stumpff-Nowata Funeral Home. A memorial fund has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to the 10-33 Wheelchair Van Fund, P.O. Box 815, Nowata, Oklahoma, 74048. Mrs. Eden was born in Nowata, Oklahoma on August 1, 1930 to W. H. and Esther Ann (Sims) Moore. She grew up and received her education in the Nowata area and she was married to Richard Eden on September 23, 1951 in Nowata. They made their home in Owasso, Dewey, Coffeyville, Kansas and Delaware , Oklahoma until making their home in Nowata. Mrs. Eden was employed for 30 years as a nurse’s aid at the Nowata General Hospital. She was then employed for an additional six years at the Claremore Indian Hospital where she was honored as Employee of the Year in 1994 and Nurse of the Year in 1997. She and Mr. Eden were founding members of the Nowata 10-33 Team and held various positions on the board. She was also the in house EMT and CPR instructor and was presented an award by the Nowata County Sheriff’s Office as the Instructor of the Year. She was also a member and office holder in the Rebekah Lodge, was a member of the Women of the Moose, was a Moose Clown, was a member of the Noweta Cherokee Community Foundation and was currently taking lessons in the Cherokee language. She was a member of the Trinity Full Gospel Church in Nowata since childhood. Survivors include two daughters, Leona Ann Eden and Judy Jean Eden both of Nowata, one son, Richard William Eden of Delaware, Okla., three grandchildren, Curtis E. Pierce Jr., Jennifer Beth Eden and Stormy Leigh Eden, and five great grandchildren, Makayla Elizabeth Jean Bever, Kaitlyn Kay Pierce, Dylab Shane Bever, Levi Richard Bever and Kelsey Jean Pierce. Mrs. Eden was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, four brothers and her husband, Richard Eden on May 28, 2012. PDF Printable Version

Betty Jean Eden

August 1, 1930 - May 17, 2015