Betty C. Keenan left this world to be with the lord on Thursday, January 18, 2018, surrounded by family in her home.
Mrs. Keenan was born on August 4, 1931, in Henryetta, Oklahoma, to Virginia and Hugh Walters. She attended Great Bend High School in Great Bend, Kansas, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 from Fort Hays State University. Mrs. Keenan was retired from the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program in Great Bend. She will be remembered for her musical and artistic talent that she loved to share with others as well as her love and service for her lord and savior.

Left to cherish Mrs. Keenan’s memory is her daughter, Suzanne Kelley and husband John of Lake Charles; son, Steven Clark and wife Anne of Ft. Lupton, CO; grandchildren, Steve Kelley and wife Sandra, Jennifer White and husband Lee, Jessica Kelley, and Mindy and Keith; as well as her great-grandchildren, Kaylyn Young and husband Kristopher, Destini Kelley, Kieran Kelley, Britton White, Harrison White, and Jaxon Morvant.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband of 42 years, Raford Clark; husband of 20 years, Tom Keenan; and her sister, Margaret Redmon; and brothers, Hugh, Jr., Cleat, Warren, and Donald Walters.

Mrs. Keenan’s funeral service will be held at First United Methodist Church in Lake Charles on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 11 a.m. Reverend Weldon Bares will officiate. Visitation will begin Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at the church. Interment will take place at a later date in Great Bend, KS.
Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.johnsonfuneralhome.net.

Funeral arrangements provided by
Johnson Funeral Home
4321 Lake St.
Lake Charles, LA 70605
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Jan. 19, 2018