Hazel Mae Timmons
April 1, 1922 - August 25, 2013
Hazel M. Timmons, age 91, formerly of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died Sunday, August 25, 2013 at her granddaughter’s residence in Lebanon, Illinois. She was born April 1, 1922, in Centralia, Missouri, daughter of the late Perry and Ester (Dayton) Case.Hazel enjoyed Bible study, sewing, gardening, building furniture, making crafts, and traveling to visit family and friends. She most recently lived at Cambridge House in O’Fallon, Illinois, where she loved decorating her apartment, reading, and visiting with family, friends, and staff members.Hazel lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma for over 50 years, where she attended church at the West Tulsa Gospel Tabernacle. She worked in a variety of positions to include: a cook at the Tulsa Boys Home and Sherwood Manor Nursing Home, as a house mother for young women, and as a home care provider for the elderly, young children, and newborns.She is survived by her daughter, Elaine Hope Bettis (James), of Tulsa, Oklahoma; her sister, Rose Willis, of Whitehorn, California; her granddaughter, Anita Leach (Wald), and her husband, Robert, of Lebanon, Illinois; her granddaughter, Teresa Bettis, of Joplin, Missouri; her grandson, Roy McHenry, and his wife, Jenifer, of Shawnee, Oklahoma; eight great grandchildren and five great/great grandchildren; a grandson-in-law, Olivier Honnay of Hershey, Pennsylvania; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Louise McHenry (James); two sons-in-law: William (Buddy) McHenry and Richard Bettis; two grandchildren: Paul Wald and Jerri Honnay (Bettis); three brothers: Charles, Albert and David; two sisters: Lillie Hinton and Dorothy Hubert; and her dear friends Ivy Fain (McHenry) and her husband, Sam Fain, and Argie McHenry.Visitation is scheduled for 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday, August 29, 2013, at Floral Haven Funeral Home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Funeral Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday, August 30th at the funeral home. Following the funeral service, a reception in Ms. Timmons’ memory will be held 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Floral Haven’s Family Center.
Hazel M. Timmons, age 91, formerly of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died Sunday, August 25, 2013 at her granddaughter’s residence in Lebanon, Illinois. She was born April 1, 1922, in Centralia, Missouri, daughter of the late Perry and Ester (Dayton)... View Obituary & Service Information