Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
December 31, 1992
Betty Katherine Holmes McGuire, died
December 29, 1992 at Saint Anthony Hospital. She was born
January 18, 1923, in Sapulpa , Oklahoma, to Lola Marie Harris
and Joseph Robert Holmes. She spent most of her youth in
Muskogee, Oklahoma where she graduated from Central High School
in 1940 and from Muskogee Junior College in 1942. She attended
the University of Oklahoma for her last two years of college,
one year before she married Mack Aiken McGuire at Bockley Army
Air Field in Denver, Colorado, and one year after he was sent
overseas. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and was a member of
the Oklahoma City Alumna Club. She was also a member of P.E.O.
Chapter DN, of Oklahoma City, and greatly enjoyed her
affiliation with them. She was a member of Westminster
Presbyterian Church of Oklahoma City.
She is survived by her husband, Mack, of
the home, and by her two children, Mack McGuire Jr. of McAllen,
Texas, and Katherine Snare and her husband, Dan. She is also
survived by a brother, Joseph Robert Holmes and hi s wife,
Elizabeth Crim Holmes; a sister, Ann Williamson, of Scarsdale,
New York and her husband, John; and stepmother, Lucy Olive
Holmes. Her grandchildren are Corbyn McGuire and Kelly McGuire
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Haley Katherine Snare of Oklahoma City.
In lieu of flowers, it is suggested that
a gift be made to the Sister's Fund of St. Anthony Hospital,
where she worked for many years, or to Westminster Presbyterian
Church. A memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday at
Westminster Presbyterian Church Chapel.
... Complied and transcribed by Marti Graham, 2010.
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