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Note: She remembers working in cotton fields and picking fruit as a little girl as the family migrated between CA and OK. She has worked at Gatesway Foundation in Broken Arrow, OK since 1987.
Mom died of a massive heart attack, beginning about 11:30pm on 05 NOV 2012. She called my brother Doy to drive her to the hospital. As they were getting onto US412 at the E 289th Street exit, she gasped and slumped onto Doy. He, along with my niece Checotah who was supporting Mom, drove at speeds of 110 mph through a constuction zone, knocking over safety barrels in the process, until he reached the Quicktirp store in Catoosa where he performed CPR until the ambulance arrived. She was shocked with chest paddles and CPR was continued until she got to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She had faint signs of a pulse, but was declared dead at 12:24 AM on 06 NOV 2012. I arrived from Edmond around 3 AM and saw her there.
In December 2012 Marci and I were going through her papers and recovered a notebook she kept by her bed. In that notebook, she had written about 2 hours before she died that she had taken an insulin shot due to a high blood sugar spike.
OBITUARY
Betty Lou Hoffman May 25, 1944 - November 6, 2012: Betty Lou (Brown) Hoffman, age 68, long-time resident of Catoosa, OK, a loving and caring mother, sister, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away Tuesday morning, November 6, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK. The family will greet friends at the funeral home on Thursday evening, November 8, 2012 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Funeral services for Betty are scheduled for 2:00 PM Friday, November 9, 2012 at Liberty Freewill Baptist Church, 1100 N. 5th Street, Broken Arrow, OK. The Pastor Joey Griffith will officiate the service. Burial will follow in Vernon Cemetery in Coweta. The family of Betty Lou Hoffman entrusted her care & services to Wright-Brown Family Funeral Home, 210 S. Broadway, Coweta, OK 74429, 918-486-5515. Family and friends may sign the guest book online @ www.wrightbrownfunerals.com.
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