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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Elizabeth Ann

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"Betty" Graybill

Dec 3, 1923 — Aug 19, 2015

Obituary

Memorial service for Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Graybill will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 24, 2015, in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with The Rev. Shelley Forrester, Rector, officiating. Inurnment will follow in the St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Columbarium and a reception will be held in the parish hall at the conclusion of the committal. Mrs. Graybill died Wednesday, August 19, 2015, in Lawton at the age of 91. She was born December 3, 1923 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to Wendell Lowell Bevan and Anna Heinen (Correy) Bevan. She married Dr. Charles Shelly Graybill on February 8, 1946 at Fort Sill. Mrs. Graybill was a graduate of Des Moines High School in Des Moines, Iowa, where she played on the golf team. She later graduated from Stephens College before attending the University of Iowa and graduating with a degree in Home Economics in 1945. While at the University of Iowa she was a member of Kappa Theta Pi. She had worked as a dietician with St. Anthony's Hospital in Denver, Colorado, in 1945; as a history teacher at Lawton Senior High School; as a civics teacher at Lawton Junior High School; as a trainer for food handlers with the Comanche County Health Department; and as a medical secretary for her husband, Charles S. Graybill, M.D. Community involvement was very enjoyable and saw her involved as a member and past president of PEO Chapter I, a sustaining member of the Junior Service League of Lawton, a founding board member and volunteer with Hospice, a board member for the Museum of the Great Plains, a Girl Scouts of America volunteer, a Cub Scout den mother, a board member with the Comanche County Memorial Hospital Foundation, a member of the Cameron University Planning Board, a board member with the Cameron University Foundation, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution Association and a Meals on Wheels volunteer. She was also a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church where she served as director and long time member of the Altar Guild. She also had taught Sunday school and served in many other ministry capacities. She was awarded numerous horse riding ribbons both at Fort Sill and Stephens College. In 1997 she was honored as "Citizen of the Arts" by the Lawton Art & Humanities Council. She enjoyed water skiing, snow skiing, cooking and needlepoint. She also exuded a zest and exuberance for life and was both loving and tenacious in advocating for her husband, family and causes in which she believed. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Charles S. Graybill; three sons and daughters in law, Charles S. "Chuck" Graybill, III and his wife Deborah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Bevan "Todd" Graybill and his wife Terral Shahan Graybill, Muskogee, Oklahoma and David Lowell Graybill and his wife Elizabeth "Beth" Wilson Graybill, Superior, Colorado; her sister, Sally Boetger, Shingle Springs, California; six grandchildren, Tyler Graybill and wife Kasia, Sydney Graybill, Erin Goss and husband Steve, Bevan Graybill, Sarah Frank and husband Andrew and Michael Graybill; a great granddaughter, Allie Elizabeth Goss; and a soon to be born great grandson. Her parents, a granddaughter, Stephanie Graybill, and a brother, Wendell Lowell Bevan, Jr., preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 1256, Lawton OK 73506 or to the charity of the donor's choice.

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