Betty Evelyn Walter, 91, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at home in Norman, OK after a short illness. She was born in Independence, MO, November 23, 1919 to Chester M. & Gertrude A. Ingraham, grew up in Oklahoma City and studied at Kansas City Art Institute where she met and married Howard Ernest Walter March 24, 1940. She became Head Designer for Hallmark Greeting Card Company and was a wartime Draftsman for the Defense Plant in Kansas City, KS. They became residents of OKC in August of 1944, where they raised their family. She was active in Girl Scouts, PTA, church, garden and contest clubs and was a member of Chapel Hill Methodist Church in OKC. She shared her love of painting, photography, sewing, needlework, quilting, traveling and playing the slots of Thunderbird Casino with her family and friends.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Howard, sister Elaine Laepple of Guthrie, OK and sister-in-laws Billie Ingraham of Denton, TX and Marilyn Ingraham of Norman, OK. She is survived by her three children, Mary Elaine McGlew of Sarasota, FL, Howard L. (& Betsy) Walter of Tonawonda, NY and Patricia A. (& Jim) Denison of Norman, OK, 11 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren and siblings Chester & Kenneth Ingraham and Jeanne Miller, all of whom she loved and cherished.
