Elsie Mae Broadbooks
Elsie Mae Dillow Broadbooks, 91, of Fairview, Mo., died July 15, 2012, at Granby House in Granby, Mo. She was born Sept. 12, 1920, in Humboldt, Kan., to James Moore and Leta Juanita Butler Moore.
She loved working with her hands, making crafts and flower arrangements, and enjoyed the outdoors, especially gardening, fishing and camping. She was never afraid of hard work; during the war, she took a job drying eggs in a factory to support the troops. She also worked at the Burlington Overall Factory and Kustom Electronics in Chanute, Kan.
Her greatest joy was caring for her husband and raising her three daughters. Spending time with her family, including the extended relatives, made her happier than anything else in life.
She was a member of New Hope Church of the Nazarene, Rogers, Ark.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 53 years, Earl Dillow; four brothers; two sisters; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one stepgreat-grandchild.
Survivors include her husband, Byron Ray Broadbooks of Bentonville, Ark.; three daughters, Florence Alford and husband, Delton, of Fairview, Mo., Phyllis Felkins of Gravette, Ark., Bonnie Ridley and husband, Charles, of Rogers, Ark.; three sisters, Bernice Shields of Chanute, Kan., Norma Lee Craft of Chanute, Kan., Sue Gilliland and husband, Richard, of Pea Ridge, Ark.; three stepchildren, David Broadbooks and wife, Gloria, of Rogers, Ark., Janna Worden and husband Bill, of Utica, N.Y., Susan Eardley of Rogers, Ark.; and seven grandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren; 12 greatgreat-grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; 24 step-great-grandchildren; and two step-great-greatgrandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at StockdaleMoody Funeral Services in Rogers.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Memorial Park Cemetery in Chanute, Kan.
Arrangements are by Stockdale-Moody Funeral Services of Rogers, Ark.
Online condolences may be made at stockdalefuneral.com.