Billie Jean Starkovich

1936 - 2024

Billie Jean Starkovich
April 22, 1936 - December 10, 2024
Billie Jean Starkovich, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully at home in her sleep, during the early hours of Tuesday, December 10, 2024 as she had wished.
Billie was born on April 22, 1936, in Mineola, Texas to Eula Lee Greer and Horace Verley Palmer. She spent the first seven years of her life in Mineola until her family sold their family farm and moved to Delta in 1943. She graduated from Delta High School in 1955.
She met the love of her life, Eldon Lee Starkovich, with a friend at a drive-up food concession one summer day; they were married on September 29, 1957. Together, they built a legacy of love and commitment that served as a guiding light for their two daughters and entire family. They shared 37 years together prior to his passing on November 21st, 1994.
Billie worked for Dr. Robert Haverstock for over two years as his receptionist after completing high school. She then went to work at Colorado Bank & Trust Co., and worked there until the birth of their first daughter and became a full time mom and homemaker. After Eldon's death she worked as an in-home care giver for several elderly ladies in the Delta area.
She is survived by her two daughters, Tamera L. Seipp and husband Alan D., Michelle R. LaFollette; one granddaughter, Brandy M. Markley; three grandsons, Tobi L. LaFollette and wife Angela, Tony R. LaFollette, Eric S. LaFollette and Katherine; her four great-grandsons, Deiken L. Jones, Atticus M. Christy, Eldon P. Lafollette, Zavier LaFollette De La Cruz, along with numerous nieces, nephews, extended family, and many special friends that were blessed to know her.
Billie was preceded in death by her parents, Horace V. and Eula L. Palmer; her three brothers, Marion V., Leon, and Leo I. (Emma E.) Palmer; her three sisters, Hazel L. "Rene" (Charles H.) Hoffman and first husband Virgil G. Martin, Patsy R. Ormsby (Vernon J., Jr.), Deloyce M. "Dee" (Robert G.) James; her husband, Eldon L. Starkovich; her in-laws, Joseph and Frances E. Starkovich; all of her husband's siblings, Eva V. (L.J.) McCarty, Josephine M. (Francis) Ferriby, Charlotte F. (Iva G.) Pratt, Rose M. (William L.) Madaris, John N. Starkovich; her granddaughter, Amber L. Markley and son-in-law, Richard L. LaFollette.
The family wishes to thank her doctors, all of the caregivers at HopeWest Hospice in Delta, her special nurse Alice Crabtree and all of her friends and family, for their prayers, support, cards, visits and phone calls over the last year.
Services will be held December 21 at 2 p.m., at The First Baptist Church in Delta, streaming service will be available on this memorial. Please join us for a gathering of family and friends immediately following the service at the church.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made directly to the family or to HopeWest Hospice of Delta.