Dorothy Boone Botts' Obituary
DOROTHY BOONE BOTTS; LEFT US PEACEFULLY ON JULY 31, 2011.
A MEMBER OF THE ONEIDA TRIBE OF WISCONSIN. BORN IN RENO, NEVADA TO WALKER LANE BOONE AND MALINDA HOUSE BOONE. DECEMBER 31, 1915. SHE LIVED AT STEWART, NEVADA WHERE HER FATHER WAS CHIEF CLERK OF THE INDIAN AGENCY AND SCHOOL. SHE MOVED TO SENECA INDIAN SCHOOL AT WYANDOTTE,OKLAHOMA IN AUGUST, 1925. SHE ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL 1933. WHILE LIVING AT SENECA INDIAN SCHOOL WHERE HER MOTHER MALINDA BOONE WAS EMPLOYED. SHE ATTENDED NEO. JR.COLLEGE IN MIAMI,OKLAHOMA WHERE SHE MET ELLSWORTH “BUD” BOTTS. THEY WERE MARRIED JUNE 26. 1935. HE PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 16,1994. DURING THE YEARS SHE BELONGED TO MANY SOCIAL CLUBS WHICH INCLUDED AAUW MOTHER'S CLUB AND BOOK REVIEW CLUB. ALSO WOMEN'S PILOT CLUB, MIAMI CHAPTER OF EASTERN STAR AS A STARPOINT, CHAPLIN & MUSICIAN. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE WHITE SHRINE, MOTHER ADVISOR OF RAINBOW ASSEMBLY OF GIRLS.MIAMI,OKLAHOMA. PAST PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY. AT NEO A & M SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SORORITY BETA UPSILON. SHE WORKED WITH BUD AND FAMILY OPERATING BOTTS WHOLSALE COMPANY AND AS A CO-OWNER UNTIL THEY SOLD THE BUSINESS 1977. SHE AND BUD WERE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN MIAMI, OKLAHOMA FOR MANY YEARS. AFTER BUD PASSED AWAY SHE MOVED TO BROKEN ARROW IN JUNE 1995 TO LIVE WITH HER DAUGHTER DOTTIE AND HER HUSBAND RICHARD. IN MARCH 2007 SHE MOVED TO THE VILLAGE HEALTH CARE CENTER IN BROKEN ARROW WHERE SHE RESIDED UNTIL HER DEATH. MANY THANKS TO THE VILLAGE HEALTH CARE CENTER AND HOMETOWN HOSPICE FOR THEIR CARE AND LOVE ATTENDING HER TILL HER PASSING. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF SAINT PATRICK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN BROKEN ARROW. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER LOVING HUSBAND, ELLSWORTH “BUD”BOTTS AND HER PARENTS, SISTER, MARGARET FRY AND BROTHER, WALKER BOONE. HER DAUGHTER IN LAW, LYNETTE BOTTS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER THREE CHILDREN. LEE, GEORGE AND DOTTIE. LEE'S WIFE JEANIE, SONS TROY AND TODD BOTTS. GEORGE AND HIS CHILDREN SON-SEAN,WIFE TERRI AND SONS WALKER AND SLADE. SON -WADE, HIS WIFE ANGIE AND SONS,CONOR,CADE AND COLE BOTTS. DAUGHTER-CHELSEY HUSBAND- JEREMY FUNK AND THEIR CHILDREN ASHLYNN, TALON, RONIN AND BABY TO BE. DAUGHTER-DOTTIE AND HER HUSBAND RICHARD RIDGE, HER DAUGHTER SASHA AND HER HUSBAND MO JBARA AND THEIR CHILDREN ZANA AND ZANE. TOTAL GRANDCHILDREN- 6. TOTAL GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN TO BE 11. DOROTHY TOUCHED MANY LIVES WATCHING AND PARTICIPATING WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE MADE MANY WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIPS ALONG THE WAY. HER HAPPIEST MOMENTS WERE WITH HER FAMILY WATCHING THEM GROW. PLEASE JOIN THE FAMILY IN A SINGLE GRATEFUL THOUGHT TOWARD HEAVEN. IT IS THE MOST COMPLETE PRAYER. THE UNIVERSE IS CENTERED ON NEITHER MOTHER EARTH OR THE POWERFUL SUN. IT IS CENTERED ON GOD. LET US REJOICE IN THE CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE AS WE KNEW IT AND LIVED IT WITH HER. PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU. LEE AND GEORGE BOTTS AND DOTTIE RIDGE.
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