Published 11-30-10 in the Enid News and Eagle
ENID — Betty Lea Pankey Schuermann crossed into eternity quietly as she slept on Sunday morning, Nov. 28, 2010, at her home in Pond Creek.
She was born in Enid, Okla., and came into this world prematurely, weighing only 2.5 pounds to parents Albert and Gula Halcomb Pankey.
Betty lived in the Pond Creek community all of her life, attended Pond Creek schools and graduated with the class of 1948.
Music was always an important part of her life, playing piano, marimba and glockenspiel. She was a member of Tri-State honor band during her senior year of high school. Her grandkids loved it when Grandma sat down at the piano and played for them.
In 1954, Betty was married to Clair Schuermann, also of Pond Creek. The couple farmed in both the Pond Creek and Wakita, Okla., communities for over 50 years. Clair preceded his wife in death on March 1, 2009. The couple have three children, Patricia, Lewis and Kathy.
Betty’s greatest joy was founded in her family. Nothing made her happier than those times when everyone was home and around the dinner table. This was the case just two days before her death, when all but grandson, Ty, were together at her home during the Thanksgiving holiday. On that day, Betty shared just how blessed her life was.
Always a giving person, Betty was chauffeur and caretaker for many through the years. In more recent times, however, there have been angels in her life meeting her needs as she had met those of others.
Betty grew up in First Baptist Church of Pond Creek, where she accepted Christ as her Savior as a young girl. She and Clair joined the Pond Creek Methodist Church, where they served and raised their family.
Betty leaves behind a family who adores her, Stan and Patricia Hoover, Anthony, Kan., Lew Schuermann, Wakita, Okla., Paul and Kathy Myers, Overland Park, Kan., Lindsay Hoover, Manhattan, Kan., Jay Hoover, Wakita, Okla., Ty Hoover, Ft. Bragg, N.C., Maddie Myers, Kansas City, Mo., Allyson Myers, Lawrence, Kan., and Lissie Myers, Overland Park, Kan.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, at United Methodist Church, Pond Creek, with Rev. Kay Buchanan officiating. Interment will follow in Pond Creek Cemetery with arrangements by Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek.
Memorials to Pond Creek Firemen and Ambulance Association or Community Health Center, Wakita.
Betty Kea Pankey 
