Betty June Bradshaw (Lebanon)'s Obituary
Betty June Green Bradshaw was born on May 11, 1932, in Decaturville, Missouri, where her parents, Alvin C. Green and Margie York Green, owned and operated a General Store on Highway 5 between Lebanon and Camdenton. The store was sold in 1941, and the family moved to Camdenton and then Lebanon, Missouri, where she lived across the street from Bud, the boy who would become her husband of 71 years.
On August 17, 1954, Betty June Green married William Brandt Bradshaw in the First Baptist Church, Lebanon, Missouri.
She earned an Associate in Arts from Stephens College, a Bachelor of Journalism from The University of Missouri, Columbia, and a Master of Arts in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, California.
She is survived by her husband, William Bradshaw, and her four children: Elizabeth Ann (Bill) Gatto, Heidi Bradshaw (Scott) Shepherd, York William (Alissa) Bradshaw; Rebekah (Trent) Anderson. She is also survived by ten grandchildren: Ashley (Ryan) McGowan, Nicole (Josh) Cherner; Stephanie (Eric) Kline, Will (Hannah) Shepherd, Chrystal Bradshaw, Catherine Shepherd, Autymn Bradshaw, Albert Shepherd, Joshua Bradshaw, Addison Anderson. She is also survived by five great-grandchildren: Ella McGowan, Maia McGowan, Teagan Cherner, Gibson Cherner, and Emerson Cherner.
Betty's parents and brother preceded her in death: Alvin C. Green died in 1995. Margie A. York Green died in 1996. Larry Green died in 2019.
Betty professed her faith in Jesus Christ and joined the Lebanon First Baptist Church in 1945. She grew up in a generation that embodied life with grit, perseverance, self-reliance, and independence. She inherited an ability to see the funny in life situations and passed this wit on to her children.
Betty June died in Prairie Village, Kansas, on September 12, 2025.
Betty’s funeral will be at the Holman-Howe Funeral Home on September 20, 2025, at 12:30 pm. Graveside service will follow immediately at Mount Rose Memorial Park.
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