Obituary
Betty
Jean Shuller, 89, passed away on the morning of April 29, 2024 at her home in
Springfield, MO.
The
oldest of two daughters, she was born June 1, 1934 to Wayne and Stella (Bland)
Mason at Ames, OK, a farming community.
She grew up during the Great Depression and WWII years and was baptized
at age 13. While in high school she worked at a local grocery store and was
involved in cheerleading, Pep Club, 4-H Club, had leading parts in school
plays, graduating at age 16 as a member of the State Honor Roll.
In
1951, Betty and Roger Lindsey were married. To this union three children were
born: Linda, Janis and Jim. They farmed
and raised cattle in the Hennessey, OK community for five years. Due to a severe drought, crops failing and
the bottom dropping out of cattle prices, they moved to the Dallas-Ft. Worth
area in 1956, where Roger worked in an airplane plant. There Betty was active in church-related
activities such as singing in the choir, visiting in hospitals and nursing
homes, serving as a counselor for a Christian youth camp and teaching Sunday
school classes for over twenty-five years.
She was also active in Camp Fire Girls and Girl Scouts work. After seventeen years, she and Roger
divorced.
In
1969, Betty married Paul Shuller, adding Paul’s son, Kendall, to their
family. They moved to the Ava–Souder, MO
community, residing there for fifteen years.
Betty worked at Rockbridge Resort and later was employed at the Douglas
County Assessor’s Office in Ava. After
caring for her parents in her home until their deaths in 1985, she and Paul
moved to the Marshfield, MO area where they resided for eleven years. They were employed by the Methodist church,
retiring in 1995 and moving to Springfield, where Paul preceded her in death in
June 1997.
In
February 2000, Betty married Robert Eckhardt of Lansing, MI, who passed away in
June 2005. In May 2016, she married
Albert Davis of Diamond City, AR, who preceded her in death in October 2019.
Betty
had a sense of adventure and lived a very active life. She enjoyed walking and hiking, photography,
doll collecting, handcrafts and quilting, but her greatest joy was traveling.
She visited all fifty states plus Germany, China, Italy, Austria, Canada,
Mexico and the Caribbean Islands.
Survivors
are two daughters, Linda Curtis of Springfield, MO, Janis and Chuck Larsen of
Blanchard, OK, two sons, Jim and Tracie Lindsey of Ozark, MO and Kendall and
Kim Shuller of Ashland, MO, nine grandchildren; Lawson Curtis, Russell D.
Curtis, Robyn Smith, Jennifer Jackson, Tamara Larsen, David Larsen, James
Lindsey Jr., Kayla Bauer and Kenda Smith, thirteen great-grandchildren, three
great-great-grandchildren, a loving sister, Sharlene and Dennis Lambring of
Oklahoma City, OK, two nieces, two nephews and a host of friends.
A
visitation will be held from 1-2 PM on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at the
Klinger-Cope Family Funeral Home at Rivermonte, 4500 S Lone Pine Ave.,
Springfield, MO 65804 with funeral services to follow at 2 PM. As Betty was
very supportive of our military veterans, memorial donations may be made in her
name to the American Legion Post 112, P.O. Box 236, Ava, MO, 65608. Online condolences can be made at www.klingnerfuneralhome.com