Betty Ann Schiler drifted peacefully into the arms of her Lord and Savior on April 13, 2019, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with her children at her side. All three children agree that she did it her way and purposely chose her time to slip away without drawing any extra attention to herself. Betty Ann was born on December 19, 1929 to Ruby Breese and George Frederick Shumaker in Caney, Kansas. She grew up in Caney, Kansas and just outside of town on her daddys dairy farm. When she was old enough to work, she got a job at the bakery in Caney owned by her Uncle Jack Shumaker. Eventually, Uncle Jack would sell the bakery to a gentleman from Cherryvale, Tony Schiler. Tony had two brothers who would come to work in the bakery after their stints in the U.S. Navy and one of those brothers would later become Betty Anns husband, Bob.
Betty Ann and Bob were married on December 20, 1947 in Derby, Kansas. Betty worked as a telephone operator, as a receptionist in the hospital and a doctors office and had an answering service in her home for the doctors in Neodesha, Kansas. She was an active member of Eastern Star and loved gardening, cooking and sewing. She proudly made both of her daughters wedding dresses. She always put others before herself, especially her husband Bob. Her favorite role in life was being a wife to Bob and mother to their three children.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Robert Dean, her parents, Ruby and George Shumaker, her sister, Goldie Mae Garison and her husband John C. Garison, Jr.
She is survived by her three children, Barbara Bryant of Oklahoma City, Georgana Morgan (Dr. Greg Morgan) of Oklahoma City and Fred Schiler of Independence, Kansas; seven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and her special nephew, John Carl Garison (Deb) of Dexter, Kansas.
There will be a graveside service for Betty Ann and Bob at 1 pm on June 9, 2019 at Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale, Kansas.