Individual Details

Betty Jean Wallen

(15 Apr 1926 - 28 Oct 2019)



Married Robert Leroy Raley about 1947-48. When he registered for the draft, 7 Aug 1945, he was single.

1950 Census. Sequin, Guadalupe Co, TX, Hh 263
1058 Tabernacle
Robert L. Raley, 29, b. OK, Armed Forces
Betty, wife, 24, b. OK
Beverly Jean, dau, 4, b. OK (must be daughte of 1st husband)
Deborah Ann, dau, b. Jan., TX


Buried Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Grayson Co, TX
Obituary from FindAGrave, #204279876
Betty Jean Raley, age 93, passed away Monday, Oct 28, 2019, in Denison, Texas.
She was born April 15, 1926, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to the late Ted Wallen and Iva (Baker) Wallen.
Betty was feisty and a lot of fun. She loved being with her family and having picnics and going fishing, working puzzles, and breakfasts with her grandkids --making biscuits and them eating the dough before they were baked.
Betty worked as an LVN at Wilson Jones Hospital and loved her job. She was a lifelong member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and was a member of the Rock Hounds. She was married to Robert Raley, who was in the United States Air Force, and she traveled the world with him until he retired at Perrin A.F.B. and they stayed in Sherman.
Mrs. Raley is survived by daughters, Beverly Fleming of Pottsboro, Texas, and Susan Taylor of Coleman, Oklahoma; brothers, Richard Wallen and Darrel Wallen; grandchildren, Randy Acklin and wife Christian and children Raley Ann and Alex, Crystal White and Husband Philip, Jonathan Fleming and wife Amber, and son, Dylan; sons- in- law, Jerry Calhoun and Jerry Taylor; step grandchildren, Robert Fleming and Lisa Fleming-Edgmon; step great-grandchildren, Dakota Fleming, Augustus Fleming, and William Edgmon; dear Friend of many years, James Cooper; and caregiver, Francis Easley.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, Deborah Calhoun; sister, Peggy Turnelli; son-in-law, Michael Fleming.
Visitation will be held Monday November 4, 2019 11am-1pm at Waldo Funeral Home in Shearman. Graveside services will be held Monday November 4, 2019 2pm at Cedarlawn Memorial Park in Sherman.

Events

Birth15 Apr 1926Avant, Osage County, Oklahoma
MarriageAbt 1945Robert Leroy Raley
Death28 Oct 2019Denison, Grayson County, Texas

Families

SpouseRobert Leroy Raley (1920 - 1987)
ChildLiving
ChildDeborah Ann Raley (1950 - 2016)
ChildLiving
SpouseMarion Wayne Henderson (1923 - 1994)
ChildLiving
FatherTheodore M. Wallen (1898 - 1957)
MotherIva Irene Baker (1906 - 1971)
SiblingDewey Lester Wallen (1923 - 2007)
SiblingPaul Alfred Wallen (1928 - 1962)
SiblingDouglas Marvin Wallen (1930 - 2010)
SiblingLiving
SiblingDonna Marie Wallen (1937 - 2005)
SiblingPeggy Lou Wallen (1933 - 2018)