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Submitted: 8/13/14 • Approved: 8/14/14 • Last Updated: 8/17/14 • R1031733-G1031731-S3
Donald
March 4, 1938 - June 22, 2012
Billie
October 25, 1942 - October 1, 2006
*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
EUREKA SPRINGS — Billie Jean "B.J." Bleeker, 63, of Eureka Springs, died Oct. 1, 2006, at her home. She was born Oct. 25, 1942, in Beaver, Okla., to Fred W. and Mildred Spangler Savoy. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Eureka Springs. Her interests included plate and doll collecting and flowers. She married Dwaine Bleeker on Nov. 10, 1972.
Survivors include her husband Dwaine of the home; one son, Brock Russell and wife Stacey of Beaver; daughters, Stacey Leinen and husband Destin of Amarillo, Texas, Stefanie Simpson and husband Larry of Enid, Okla., and Angela Clark and husband Brad of Sherwood, Tammy Milikan and husband Larry of Beaver, Debbie Paxton and husband Larry of Eureka Springs, Lori Overton and husband Greg of Krebs, Okla., and Lisa Lawson and husband Ronnie of Stonewall, Okla.; her mother, Mildred VanDeburgh of Beaver; brothers, Clifton Savoy of Tallahassee, Fla., and Floyd VanDeburgh of Chapin, S.C.; sisters, Pat Richards of Buffalo, Okla., and Dena Stapp of Edmond, Okla.; 24 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Christian Church in Eureka Springs with the Rev. Phillip Wilson officiating.
Burial will be in Fuller Cemetery. Arrangements are by Nelson Funeral Service in Berryville.
Memorials may be made to Huntington Disease Society of America.
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