Bethel Naomi Staats

January 5, 1929 - March 12, 2010

Bethel "Betty" Naomi Staats, age 81, died Friday, March 12, 2010 at Clare House in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born January 05, 1929 in Pratt, Kansas the daughter of Earl and Cora (Watkins) Kettering. On July 15, 1955 she married Ed Staats in New Mexico he survives. Betty was a homemaker, a girl scout leader, and a Sunday school teacher. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Pratt. Mrs. Staats was a lifetime resident of Pratt. She is survived by her two daughters Lynda and Rick Jones of Wichita, KS, and Cheryl and Bill McIntyre of Tulsa, OK; Grandchildren Ed and Leslie McIntyre of Tulsa, Christy and Clint Leffingwell of McKinney, TX, Tonya and Justin Wells of Wichita, KS, and Josh and Crystal Jones of Wichita, KS; great-grandchildren Grant, Micah, Lexi, Ava, Skylyn, and Harper. She was preceded in death by her parents Earl and Cora Kettering. Her brothers Howard (Happy), Warren (Curly), Cloyd, Marvin, and Cecil Kettering; sisters Elizabeth, Alzina, and Ruth Visitation will be held at Larrison Mortuary, 300 Country Club Rd. Pratt, on Tuesday, March 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 2:00 P.M. at Larrison Mortuary with Pastor Ric Shields and Bill McIntyre presiding. Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Pratt. Memorials may be made to the Pratt Area Humane Society in care of the mortuary. Friends may leave condolences for the family at www.larrisonmortuary.com.