Newspaper Abstracts, Oklahoma

10 records

  • The Stillwater Advance, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 11 Jun 1903, p 1
    Olive Grove.
    Emily J Sackett, died June 6, 1903. Aged 55 years 5 months and 26 days. She was born in Montgomery county, Ill., and married Jasper N. Sackett, April 6, 1865, at Hillsboro Montgomery county Ill., and in the year 1877 together they moved to Cherokee county, Kansas, and in 1890 they moved on their homestead in Payne county where they lived at the time of her death. In the death of Mrs Sackett, the community has lost an estimable kind and sympathetic woman. Her every day life was that of a true good woman, and many there are who will ever hold her memory in grateful rememberance. The deceased suffered an attack of paralysis. The remains were laid to rest in the Ingalls Cemetery, and were followed on their last journey by many friends. The sympathy of the entire community is given the family in their sorrow.
    "Tis hard to part with loved ones,
    But tis the fate of all
    The fairest flowers must wither,
    And the prowdest oak must fall
    A mother kind and true has gone,
    And sadly missed she'll be
    By her husband children friends
    Who loved her tenderly.
    A patient sufferer she has been,
    Cheerfully bearing her pain
    For months a helpless invalid
    Hoping to be well again.
    To us who mourn her death
    'Tis comfort in our sorrow
    To hope that in a better world
    We'll meet her on the morrow.
    A Friend.
  • Stillwater Gazette, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 5 Jun 1931, p 1
    Chas. McPhail Suicide at Farm Home Friday
    Sat Down Under Tree and Shot Self Through Heart with Pistol; Burial Set for Friday
    Charles McPhail, 66, farmer living three miles south of Ingalls, committed suicide near his home early Friday morning, May 29, 1931, by shooting himself through the heart with a .45 caliber U.S. government automatic pistol.
    The suicide's body, propped against a tree about 200 yards from his farm house, was found by Mrs. McPhail, who heard the shot.
    Poor health and despondency are thought to be responsible for his suicide, believes Sheriff M. J. Bradley, who with County Attorney Ernest Jenkins, investigated the case early Friday.
    The theory that financial matters may have caused the death was discounted by Sheriff Bradley who said McPhail was a prosperous farmer with considerable acreage in cultivation.
    The decedent is said to have returned home from Ingalls late Thursday in a dejected condition and to have got his gun. Mrs. McPhail removed the cartridges but some time during the night or early morning they were discovered by the decedent. He was seen to leave the home between 5 and 6 o'clock Friday morning and sat down under the tree where he shot himself.
    Charles McPhail was born near Walshville, Ill., October 18, 1865. He was married to Geneva Stallings July 31, 1906. He came to Oklahoma in 1905 and settled on the farm where he lived until his death.
    The decedent is survived by his widow, two brothers, Tead McPhail, Walshville, Ill., and Hall McPhail, Litchfield, Ill.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Barlow, Walshville, Ill.; and Mrs. Mattie Hudspeth, Walshville, Ill.; a half-brother, Lon McPhail, Litchfield, Ill.
    Funeral services were conducted at the Strode Funeral home Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
  • Stillwater Gazette, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 10 Mar 1933, p 6
    Deaths and Funerals
    Jasper N. Sackett
    Jasper N. Sackett, 93, Civil war veteran and pioneer Oklahoman, died Tuesday morning, March 7, 1933, at his home, 923 Lewis street, Stillwater, Ok.
    The decedent was born in Stanton, Ill., April 18, 1840. He was united in marriage to Emily Jane Corlew at Walshville, Ill., April 6, 1865, and to this union ten children were born, four dying in infancy. A daughter, Mrs. Blanche Henson, died in Stillwater in 1928. Five surviving children are Elmer W. Sackett, Pawnee; Mrs. Geneva McPhail, Ripley; Jasper P. Sackett, Geary; Mrs Lulu Clary, Stillwater; Miss [sic] Hattie Smith, Arnett. There are sixteen grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Susan Smith, 90 years old, resides at Litchfield, Ill.
    Jasper N. Sackett enlisted in the first call for volunteers in the Civil war, becoming a member of Company D, 7th Illinois infantry, where he served the full term of three months.
    The day after his return to his home, he and his three brothers enlisted in Company L, Illinois cavalry, where he served for two years. One brother was killed in service. The decedent brought his family to Kansas in 1877, settling at Baxter Spriings. In 1889 he made the run for land in Oklahoma and homesteaded a claim four miles north of Ripley, which he owned at death. He often told the story of the run, describing how he was riding along on his mule when the animal became scared at a flight of wild turkeys and threw him to the ground. Here he staked his claim.
    Mr. Sackett was a member of the Stillwater G.A.R. post from the date of its organization.
    Funeral services were held at Strode Funeral home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. V.G. Nalley officiating with burial in Fairlawn. There were American Legion services at the grave by Carter C. Hanner Post No. 129.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
  • The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 17 Oct 1946, p 4
    Thomas Chester Sackett
    Shawnee—Thomas Chester Sackett, 57, who moved here from Sulphur about a month ago, died Tuesday night in his home. Services had not been completed Wednesday.
    Sackett was a salesman for a milling company at New Richmond, Wis., and had lived at St. Paul, Minn., until about a year ago. Thereafter he lived at Maud and Sulphur. He was a member of the Methodist church at Monticello, Iowa.
    Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Irene D. Sackett, Shawnee; two sons, Lawrence Sackett, Delhi, Iowa, and Orvil Sackett, Hopkington, Iowa: and one daughter, Almeada Baldwin, Iowa.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Ted Smith]
  • Shawnee News-Star, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 17 Oct 1946, p 2
    Rites Pending for Thomas Sackett
    The funeral arrangements for Thomas Chester Sackett are still incomplete. Sackett died Tuesday at his home, 509 North Broadway. He had lived in Shawnee one month.
    The body will be shipped to Earlsville, Iowa, for funeral services and burial.
    Roesch Brothers are in charge of arrangements.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Ted Smith]
  • The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, 7 Jul 1952, p 6
    Mrs. Geneva Shaw
    Stillwater—(Bureau)—Mrs. Geneva Shaw, 77, Ripley, died at her home Sunday. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Strode funeral home, Stillwater, with burial at Fairlawn cemetery.
    Mrs. Shaw was a member of the Baptist church and the Women's Relief Corps of Stillwater.
    She is survived by her husband, Gilbert E. Shaw; a son, Walter Stollings, Oklahoma City: a daughter, Mrs. J. S. Thrasher, Booker, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Patty Smith, Arnett, and Mrs. Lou Clary, Moscow, Idaho, and a brother, Elmer Sackett, Pawnee.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Ted Smith]
  • Unsourced newspaper image, Find A Grave, [Jul 1952]
    Mrs. Shaw
    Rites Tuesday
    Mrs. Geneva Shaw of Ripley, a Payne county resident since 1891, died at her home Sunday. She was 77 years old.
    Funeral services will be held at the Strode chapel on Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. with the Rev. A. L. McRill of Ripley officiating. Burial will be at Fairlawn cemetery.
    Mrs. Shaw was born at Litchfield, Ill., Sept. 20, 1874, to Jasper and Emily Sackett.
    She was married to William Stollings in Payne county in 1891. Stollings died in 1935 and she was married to Gilbert E. Shaw at Perry in 1938.
    Mrs. Shaw was a member of the Baptist church and the Womens Relief Corps of Stillwater.
    She is survived by her husband, one son, Walter Stollings of Oklahoma City and one daughter, Mrs. J. S. Thrasher of Booker, Texas. One brother, Elmer Sackett of Pawnee, and two sisters, Mrs. Hatty Smith of Arnett and Mrs. Lou Clary of Moscow, Idaho, also survive along with six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
    [Transcribed by Ted Smith]
  • Ellis County Capital, Arnett, Oklahoma, 4 Jun 1959, p 3
    Joe C. Smith 1881-1959
    Joseph Claud Smith, son of Job H. and Mary Elizabeth Smith was born March 31, 1881 in Wain County Iowa and departed this life on May 21, 1959 at Mooreland Community Hospital. He was 78 years, 1 month and 20 days of age.
    When sixteen years of age, he came to the new territory of Oklahoma and on June 29, 1902 he was married to Hattie Sackett of Ingallis, Oklahoma. Six children were born to this union, all of whom survive.
    The year following their marriage, Joe and Hattie Smith moved to Ellis County and homesteaded land near Harmon. This was to be his home the remainder of his life, a period of 56 years. Much of his life spent under pioneering conditions. He labored to provide well for his family and unselfishly shared whatever he had with those in need. He was richly rewarded by having a host of friends, a home which he loved, and a community in which he was content to live and spend the declining years of his life.
    In 1917 Joe Smith consecrated his life to God, was baptized and thereafter attended the church of his choice. He was for many years a Mason, a member of St. Albans Masonic Lodge No. 192 of Arnett.
    He was preceeded in death by his parents, three sisters and two brothers. Surviving are his wife, Hattie of the home; four daughters two sons; Mrs. Fay New, of Odessa, Texas, Mrs. Geneve Burnham of Derby, Kansas, Mrs. Oneta Franklin of San Jose, California, Mrs Estella Huen of Harmon, Claud Smith of Farmington, New Mexico and Harry Smith of Arnett. Twenty-two grandchildren, and thirty one great-grandchildren. Two sisters, Mrs. Vinnie Casebier of Delta, Colo., and Mrs. Millie Cloyd of Garfield, Arkansas, other relatives and friends. Life is but a working day
    Whose tasks are set aright
    A time to work, a time to pray
    And then the quiet night.
    And then, please God, a quiet night
    Where palms are green, and robes are white,
    A long drawn breath, a balm for sorrow
    And all things lovely on the morrow.
    Services were conducted in the Harmon Nazarene Church Sun. May 24, 2:30 p. m. with the Reverend Marcas Adair officiating. Interment was in the Harmon Cemetery with the Shaw Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
  • The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, 2 Feb 2003
    "Viola Maxine Hertzler
    HERTZLER Viola Maxine, (87), of Oklahoma City, died January 30, 2003 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Born February 23, 1915 in Aline, Oklahoma to Josiah and Nola Sackett. Married Jay Hertzler January 1, 1937 in Aline where they farmed and raised a family. Served the Aline community many years as leader in 4-H and Methodist church activities. She completed her college education by joining her children at Northwestern State College, and received a degree in English and Home Economics in 1961, followed by years of teaching in area high schools. In 1972 retired with her husband to Estes Park, Colorado, where for the next 25 years they hiked numerous trails in Rocky Mountain National Park, traveled throughout the world, and enjoyed hosting friends and family in their home. Was a founding member of the United Methodist Church of Estes Park and spent years as a volunteer in the hospital guild and other community organizations. Enjoyed life-long interests in gardening, bird-watching, ceramics, pottery, and books. Preceded in death by her parents and her husband. Survived by sister Evelyn Shorter of Alamogordo, NM; four children: Donald Hertzler of Weatherford, OK, Barbara Powell of Jackson, MS, Phyllis Robertson of Oklahoma City, Linda Hertzler-Crum of Weatherford, OK; seven grandchildren: Diane Anderson of Ponca City, OK, Donna Sylvester of Drumwright, OK, Becky Powell of Santa Barbara, CA, Chris Powell of Cleveland, MS, Greg Powell of Jackson, MS, Jennifer Bukralia of Spearfish, SD, Michael McKinney of Stillwater; OK; four great grandchildren; and three nephews. She was American mother to Salman Siddiqi of Glencoe, MD. Donations may be made to United Methodist Missions or American Heart Association. A Memorial Service will be held 10:30 A.M., Feb. 22 at New Hope United Methodist Church, 11600 N. Council Rd. OKC."
    [Transcribed from The Oklahoman online edition by Chris Sackett]
  • The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, 28 Dec 2014
    "Evelyn Joy Sackett Shorter
    July 24, 1917–December 23, 2014
    OKLAHOMA CITY
    Evelyn Joy Sackett Shorter, 97, passed from this life into heaven on Dec. 23, 2014. She was born to Josiah Andrew Sackett and Naoma Dell Cramer on July 24, 1917 in Aline, OK. She attended school in Aline, OK, and graduated from Business College where she met her soul mate the late Jay Melvin Shorter. Jay and Evelyn lived in Enid, OK, where they had 2 sons, Joe Lee Shorter & Mark Preston Shorter. The family relocated to OKC where Evelyn worked as a bookkeeper for the OKC Stockyards. After the loss of her husband Jay, Evelyn retired and moved to Alamogordo, New Mexico, where she met and married Edward Presicola "Pepsi". She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Viola Hertzler, and her husband Jay. Evelyn joined them in heaven and was greeted at the gates of Heaven with her grandson Todd Jay Shorter doing backflips upon her arrival. She will be greatly missed by her children Joe Lee Shorter and his wife Janice M.; Mark Preston Shorter and wife Janice I.; grandchildren, Kelley Shorter Wiedmer and husband J., Bryan C. Shorter, Amber Dawn Shorter; great-grandchildren, Dustin Moore, Jessica and Dennis Turgeon, Caleb J. Wiedmer, Victoria, Katie, Chloe, Alex and Angie Shorter; nieces and nephews, Donald, Barbara, Phyllis, and Linda. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Feed the Children. Services are pending."
    [Researched by Linda Hare]