Betty Joan Aitken

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Memorial Service
First Christian Church
2338 Highway 62 W
Mountain Home, AR  72653
Sunday, July 21, 2019
3 PM
Betty Joan Aitken

of Mountain Home, AR

October 23, 1930 - July 14, 2019

Betty Joan Aitken (Joan or Auntie Jo), age 88, died on July 14, 2019. Born in Charleston, Arkansas, she was the daughter of Cleva and Hoyt Moffett and granddaughter of Boley and Clint Hunter. Tulsa was the place she called home as she was growing up. She married Ralph Aitken in 1950. She worked at Monte Cassino High School and Junior Achievement in Tulsa. After moving to Houston, she was employed at Shell Research Center, retiring in 1988 then moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas.


She enjoyed bridge, square dancing, boating, cooking, quilting - even won a blue ribbon for the ''How your Garden Grows'' quilt she designed for her daughter. Joan was president of the Welcome Club (1994-1995) and Hill 'N Hollow Quilt Guild at Mountain Home in 1993; she also volunteered at Baxter Regional Hospital. During retirement, she and Ralph traveled to Scotland and England to research family ancestry. Then, bitten by the travel bug, she enjoyed travelling to approximately 20 countries.


She will be remembered for her strong grit, creativity, and determination.


She was predeceased by her husband, Ralph Aitken, in 2010 and sister Julia Couch. She is lovingly remembered by her daughter Sandi Tomlinson (Bob) from Austin, Texas and son, Alan (Linda) from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and her brother, Jerry Moffett, from Winchester, Virginia.

Thank you to the caregivers at The Monroe House, Home Instead, Hospice of the Ozarks, and Good Samaritan. Very special thanks to Linda L. for her years of loving devotion.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, July 21, at 3:00 pm, at First Christian Church, Mountain Home, Arkansas. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to your favorite charity, Hospice of the Ozarks, or The Trail Foundation, Austin, Texas.

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Mary Setzer
Summit, AR
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Saturday, July 20, 2019

Your mom was a very sweet lady. My dad Doyle Hammack was also at the Monroe House . You all are in our thoughts and prayers.


Doyle Hammack and Mary Setzer

Teresa Wiard
Mountain Home, AR
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Monday, July 15, 2019

I had the privilege to know Ms. Joan for the last two years. She was a very special person and a great pleasure to be around. I believe that we had a special relationship and I will miss her very much. I hope that she and Ralph are square-dancing joyously!