Betty Ann (Shepherd) Chancellor was born October 15, 1940 to Leon and Marie (Sontag) Shepherd in Shawnee, OK. She passed away March 23, 2024 in Shawnee, OK.
She graduated from Shawnee High Shchool in 1958. She married the love of her life, Orville “Duane” Chancellor on April 3, 1959. Once married, Betty obtained a bachelor’s degree in education from Oklahoma Baptist University, graduating Summa Cum Laude. She went on to further her education receiving her Master’s degree at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Betty taught for 34 years at North Rock Creek School.
She is preceded in death by her husband Duane Chancellor; parents; and two sisters: Susan Hopkins, and Mary Caskey; mother and father in law: DT and Marie Chancellor; brother and sister in law: Del and Mary Chancellor; two sisters in law: Joyce Terney, and Shirley Hopkins.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Terry Chancellor, Delaina and Henry Coleman, and Anita and John Morgan; sister, Leona Shepherd; five grandchildren: Jennifer and husband Jessee VanHuss, Travis (TJ) and wife Sydney Morgan, Duane Coleman, Hope and husband Cashen Cline and Wyatt Chancellor; five great-grandchildren: Morgan and Margo VanHuss, Elaina, Bonnie, and Nora Cline; and Waylon Cline who is on the way.
Services were held March 29, 2024 at the Aydelotte Baptist Church, 10201 N Harrison St, Shawnee, OK 74804. A committal service occurred March 29, 2024 at Resthaven Memorial Park, 16006 S Rock Creek Rd, Shawnee, OK 74801.
