Wilma (Billie) Ann Calhoun

Wilma (Billie) Ann Calhoun, 93, passed away April 28, 2021. She was born March 24, 1928, in Oklahoma, to William and Elizabeth (French) Hawker, an oil worker and homemaker. They moved to Marionville when she was very young. She attended a one-room schoolhouse. She graduated from Marionville High School.
She was an artist but traded in her drawing to become a farm wife when she met Glenn Calhoun, Jr., on a blind date. She fed hay and pampered bottle-fed calves.
She is survived by her husband of 73 years; Pat Sanders (Rex), daughter; one grandson and two great-grandchildren along with loving niece and nephew, Diana Bauer (Ricky Lee), and Ricky Calhoun (Paulette). She was preceded in death by one granddaughter and by special friends/sisters-in-law, Norma Jean Calhoun and Louise Shephard.
A graveside service under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora was held May 1, 2021, at the Orange Cemetery.