Person:Auretta Bellmon (2)

Auretta Mae Denton BLACKWELL — Auretta Mae Denton, longtime Blackwell teacher, died early Monday morning, Sept. 13, 1999, at the Halstead (Kan.) Memorial Hospital. She was 87. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at the James W. Roberts Memorial Chapel in Blackwell. Chad Knappier, Blackwell Church of Christ will officiate. Burial will be in the Blackwell Cemetery. Auretta Mae (Bellmon) Denton was born May 19, 1912, in Braman to George Delbert and Annetta Jane Bellmon. She grew up on a farm near Braman and attended Braman schools. After graduation from Braman High School she attended Long Beach (Calif.) Junior College, then later transferred to the University of Oklahoma, where she received degrees in education and Spanish. She was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority. She was married to Aubrey James Denton on Oct. 21, 1934, in Sumpter, and the couple established their home in Blackwell. Mrs. Denton taught in Blackwell schools for 29 years. She was a member of the Blackwell Church of Christ, Oklahoma Education Association, National Education Association, Kay County Retired Teachers Association the The Bridge Club. Survivors include two brothers, Henry Bellmon and George Bellmon, both of Billings; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband on Sept. 1, 1943; one daughter, Darla Hickam; her parents; four brothers, Randall, Weldon, Irwin and Leo Bellmon; and six sisters, Lyda Gilchriest, Lily Fisher, Cora Regnier, Adeline Eveland, Alta Blakey and Winifred Bloom.