The funeral for Mertie Jane Boatman, 67, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at First Christian Church, Camargo. Burial will be in Camargo Cemetery. Arrangements are by Shaw Funeral Home, Vici.
She was born Oct. 4, 1942, near Camargo to Hallie and Luella Titus Boatman and died Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, at Woodward Regional Hospital.
She lived in Camargo and Taloga as a child, where she graduated from Taloga High School in 1960. She continued her education at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, first obtaining a bachelor’s degree and later a master’s of education degree.
She married John Petree in February 1962 in Camargo. She taught school in Pritchett, Colo., and Leedey. She was an educator for 34 years from 1974 to 2008. She received the Honorable Mention Teacher of the Year Award in Colorado in 1986. She was a member of First Christian Church of Camargo, where she was on the board, taught adult Sunday school and participated in Women’s Fellowship.
Surviving are one daughter, Ann Ferguson of Texline, Texas; her mother, Luella Boatman of Camargo; three sisters, Wanita Poulson of Camargo, Lejeana Paulsen of Iowa and Terry Clem of Camargo; three brothers, Leroy Boatman of Oklahoma City and Jack Boatman and Bill Boatman, both of Camargo; and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one sister.
Condolences may be made at shawfuneralhome.net.
