It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Betty Jean (Capley) Clanton on June 22, 2022 in Omaha, Nebraska. Betty was born on April 12, 1938, in Richmond Community, Tennessee where she spent her early years raised on a farm. She moved with her family to Shelbyville, Tennessee, and attended Central High School where she met her future husband Marvin Glyn Clanton.
Betty and Marvin were married in 1955 and she moved to California where Marvin was stationed with the U.S. Air Force. She and Marvin lived in several states during his military career and settled in Omaha, Nebraska after his retirement from the Air Force. They were married for 36 years before Marvin’s untimely passing in 1992. Betty met Don Elletson in 1999. With Don, Betty traveled extensively. They spent several winters ‘snow birding’ in Arizona and they spent their senior years together, until Don’s passing in 2019.
In Omaha, Betty started her career with AT&T and after 26 years she retired in 1996. Betty was very active in her church, Aldersgate United Methodist Church and in her community doing volunteer work at the Veterans Hospital, AT&T Pioneers Hug-A-Bears, Bloodmobile and served as an adult leader for the International Order of Job’s Daughters at both the local and Nebraska state levels. She was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary of VFW Post 8334 and Post 374 of the American Legion in Omaha.
Betty is survived by daughters Denise (Harold) Eucker and Dawn Keith; grandchildren Sarah (Dennis) Lynch, Susie Adamson, Sandy Adamson, Brandon (Jennifer) Keith and Aaron Keith; great grandchildren Ava and Tyson Lynch, Sam and Danny Keith and Gianna Gonzalez, and sisters-in-law Linda Capley and Faye Clanton. She was preceded in death by her husband Marvin Glyn Clanton; significant other Don Elletson; parents Henry and Pauline (Blacksher) Capley; brothers N B Capley and Bill (Red) Capley.
A visitation for Betty will be held Sunday, June 26, 2022, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Westlawn-Hillcrest Funeral Home, 5701 Center St, Omaha, Nebraska 68106. A funeral service will occur Monday, June 27, 2022, at 10:00 AM at Westlawn-Hillcrest Funeral Home.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.westlawnhillcrest.com for the Clanton family.
