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Services celebrating the life of Betty Irene Eckhardt, 94, will be held Saturday, December 9, 2017, at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Oklahoma. Burial will follow in the Cherokee Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com.

Betty was born October 12, 1923, the youngest of three daughters, to Charles G. and Daisy I. Bryant, in Andover, Kansas. She was raised in Andover and graduated from Andover High School in 1941. Following graduation, she attended Kansas Business College in...