Class of 1948
1948 Maroon Spotlight
Betty Kennedy
Red Hots 45-48, Drill leader in Red Hots 46-48, President of Red Hots 47-48, D.E. club 47-48, Perryscope Staff 47-48.
1948 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Born Oct. 15, 1930, in Perry, Betty Kennedy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Kennedy of 815 Tenth street.
A member of Red Hots for four years, she served as drill leader in the year of 1946-47 and is now president of the organization. She was a Teen Town member in 1945-46, was on the Perryscope staff in 1947, and belongs to the D.E. club.
On completion of school, she plans to work.
Elizabeth Hope “Betty” (Kennedy) Anderson
October 15, 1930 – May 8, 2021
Elizabeth “Betty” Anderson, 90, of Prague, Oklahoma passed away May 8, 2021.
Born in Perry, Oklahoma on October 15, 1930, she was the daughter of Ivan Lynn and Hazel Elizabeth (Eby) Kennedy. Ivan was a violinist and National Guard band director for the 158th field artillery until 1938 when he opened a roller skating rink in Perry, beginning a family tradition. Hazel was an accomplished piano teacher and organist for the silent films. Betty graduated from Perry High School in 1948 and began working at the Perry Journal newspaper before moving to Oklahoma City where she began as a typesetter for the Daily Oklahoman.
Betty met a handsome pump jocky, Lowell Anderson, while gassing up her shiny new Dodge in Oklahoma City. It was love at first tune-up! Betty and Lowell were married December 21, 1956.
Together with Boyd and Katherine Anderson, they opened the first Orbit Roller Rink in Choctaw. Betty’s brother, Bob, and his wife, Betty, opened the Roll-Away rink in Shawnee. Betty and Lowell moved to Prague where she was a mother and home-maker, while Lowell began a successful real estate and home building business, along with a restaurant and service station on the south edge of town. Betty managed the 99 Skyline Restaurant and helped Lowell in the real estate office as their business grew. Continuing the Anderson and Kennedy family tradition, Betty and Lowell built a new rink in Prague, Orbit Skate Center, in 1977.
After Lowell’s death in 1984, Betty retired and spent her time collecting antique dolls, glasswear, bells, and snow globes.
In addition to her husband, Lowell, she was preceded in death by: her parents; sisters, Carol Plessinger, Warrene Harris, Margie Talbot, June Jerome, and Donna Golliver; brother, Robert Kennedy; and grandsons, Robert Anderson and Edward Saiz.
Survivors include: her son and daughter-in-law, Clifton and Joyce Anderson; daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Phil Mizera; son and daughter-in-law Kevin and Patricia Anderson; grandchildren, Brent and Heather Mizera, Summer and Mark Rosado, Rebekah Saiz and her fiancee Wil Harris; great grandchildren, Bella, Bronson, Anna, Robin; and numerous nieces, nephews, and their families.
There will be a celebration of Betty’s life at the Prague First Baptist Church at 1:30 PM Wednesday, May 12, followed by a graveside service at the Prague Cemetery, Prague, Oklahoma.