Dolores Laverne (Faller) Beaty, 94, passed away in her home in Newcastle on March 30, 2023. The daughter of Oliver and Nellie Elsie (Henley) Faller, Dolores was born on June 9, 1928, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Dolores grew up in Oklahoma City and was a graduate of Capitol Hill High School. Dolores married Willard Eason Beaty on October 15, 1948, and this marriage lasted for 51 years until Willard’s passing in 2000. They had lived in Newcastle since 1970.
Willard and Dolores owned and operated Bethany Hardware in the early 1980s for about four or five years. Dolores was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Blanchard. There she worked in the genealogy library.
For most of her life, Dolores worked as a homemaker. And what a homemaker she was. She loved making her home beautiful and inviting with Home Interior. She loved sewing, and made wedding dresses for all the girls in the family. She enjoyed gardening, canning, and cooking. She was a part of the Home Extension Club in Newcastle for a time. But quilting was something she loved and excelled at for many years. She made 60-plus quilts in the last 15 years of her life.
Time with family was important to Dolores and she enjoyed spending time at the lake with family members. She will be missed by all of her family and friends.
Dolores is preceded in death by: her parents; husband, Willard Eason Beaty; daughter, Susan Kay Myers; grandson, Brent Bristol; sister, Georgia Lee Stanford; and brother, Lindsey D. Faller.
Dolores is survived by her children, Carol Jean Stier and husband Ken of Guthrie, Gary Dean Beaty and wife Betty of Cashion, Delia Ann Bristol and husband Wayne of Newcastle, Terri Lynn Bates and husband Kerry of Newcastle, Mark Wayne Beaty and wife Carrie of Leflore, and Jeffrey Eason Beaty and wife Amy of Verdigris; son-in-law, David Myers of Newcastle; 29 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren; two sisters, Shirley D. Berna and husband Jerry Harry of Oklahoma City, and Sandra F. Vassar and husband Clarence of Oklahoma City; sister-in-law, Wanda Faller of Mount Vernon, Washington; and many more nieces, nephews and loving family members and friends.
Funeral services for Dolores were at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Blanchard, Oklahoma. Interment followed in the Blanchard Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home. Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.
