Etta Bechthold, 90, of Oklahoma City, OK, formerly of Booker, TX, passed away May 29, 2022. A memorial service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 6, 2022 at the Booker Friends Church in with Pastor Gary Mills officiating. Private family burial will be in Heart Cemetery in Booker, TX.  Arrangements are under the direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton.

Etta Rose Bechthold was born on August 22, 1931, on the family farm in Ellis County, Oklahoma to Andrew and Dollie (Babitzke) Longhofer.  She enjoyed playing basketball and tennis, as well as being president of her graduating class. Due to her high academics, she was able to skip a grade and graduate at the age of 16. She worked at Lipscomb County Courthouse in the ASCS office where she met her husband, Ernest (Ernie) Bechthold. Ernest and Etta were married at the Congregational Church in Lipscomb, Texas, on September 25, 1949. They made their home one mile east of Booker on the family farm.

One of Etta's greatest joys was raising her children and watching her grandchildren and great-grandchildren grow up. Etta loved the Lord Jesus and demonstrated her faith by teaching Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, holding church offices and providing care for the children in the church nursery. She enjoyed gardening/canning, cooking for her family and the hired men. She worked side by side with her husband be it milking dairy cows during a blizzard or delivering baby calves on their farm/ranch. She could be found driving the wheat truck during harvest to the elevator or driving the tractor. She and her husband enjoyed 61 years of marriage before he passed away at the age of 83 in 2010.

In October 2015, she moved to Oklahoma City to be closer to her daughters. She blossomed living in the wonderful assisted living communities making new friends, participating in games, puzzles, outings and special events. Etta was even elected the "Ambassador" for all the new residents.

She was preceded in death by her father, Andrew Longhofer; mother, Dollie (Babitzke) Longhofer; husband, Ernest Bechthold; two brothers and a sister, Henry Longhofer, Franklin Longhofer. and Viola (Longhofer) Thompson.

She is survived by two sisters, Della (Longhofer) Hundley of Claude, TX and Maudine (Longhofer) Fiel of Austin, TX;  sisters-in-law, Lois (Paul, deceased) Bechthold of Booker, TX, Lucille (Henry, deceased) Longhofer of Amarillo, TX and Marlene (Frank, deceased) Longhofer of Tucson, AZ; children, Patricia (Dan, deceased) Walton of Peck, KS, Lola (Bill) Hurt of Addison, TX, Jane (Lyle) Landsberger of Moore, OK and Mark (Stacy) Bechthold of  Booker, TX;  7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren.

The family requests donations be made to Booker Friends Church, PO Box 349, Booker, TX 79005 for scholarships for children to attend Camp Quaker Haven.

Thank you for helping us celebrate the life of Etta Bechthold.  We appreciate all your kind thoughts, words, memories and prayers.