Betty Jo

Mcdonald

Mrs. Betty Jo McDonald, 87, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma departed this life on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at the Cedar Crest Nursing Home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma after months of declining health. Betty entered this life on November 3, 1924 in Holdenville, Oklahoma born to the late Victor Scott and Bertha (McGarrah) Sanders. She was raised in Temple, Oklahoma and was a 1942 graduate of Temple High School. In 1943 she married James Elbert McDonald and to this union a daughter and son were born. James preceded her in death on August 2, 2011. She had resided in Texas and Illinois before moving to the Tulsa, Oklahoma area in the early 1970's. Betty was a homemaker throughout her life and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, James Sanders; a sister, Edna Sanders Westervelt; and a son-in-law, Michael Wayne Dawson, Sr. Betty is survived by her daughter, Gay Lynne Dawson of Sarcoxie, Missouri; one son, James Scott McDonald of Tecumseh, Oklahoma; and three grandchildren, April Ruth McDonald, Nathan James Dawson and wife, Liz and Michael Wayne Dawson, Jr. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. McDonald are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September, 12, 2012 at the Sarcoxie Cemetery in Sarcoxie, Missouri with Rev. James Schnakenberg officiating. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.