Noble County, Oklahoma Obituaries and Death Notices

Noble County Oklahoma Obits

BARNES, ALICE
In Memorium
Alice M. Barnes, born in Brown county, Kansas, May 24th, 1885, died at Perry, Oklahoma, January 20, 1919. Death was caused by a sudden and most severe attack of influenza of short duration and of such violent type as to render her unconscious for forty-eight hours preceding her death. When a girl she came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Barnes, to Oklahoma where they settled upon their farm two miles east of Perry. She attended the Perry schools graduating with honors from the Perry High School in 1906. On February 17th, 1909, she was united in marriage to Frank F. Ritthaler, a popular and prosperous young farmer of Noble township where together they resided upon his farm up to the time of her death. To this happy union there were born three children, Emma Marie, Richard William and Rettie Elizabeth, the youngest a babe of eighteen months. Deceases was an earnest and devout member' of the Christian church, she having united with the church at the age of eleven and becoming identified and an active member of the First Christian church of Perry soon after her arrival in the community. The funeral held from the Barnes home on Wednesday, January 22nd, was conducted by Rev. George Dennis, and attended by many relatives of the deceased and a score of friends from both the city and community in which she had lived and moved and enjoyed the friendship respect and high esteem of everyone who knew her. Relatives attending from out of town were Mrs. W. E. Sawyer, of Brown county, Kansas, Mrs. Grace Wolfiey, of Grand Island, Nebr., M. L. Barnes and wife of Guthrie and Albert Barnes and wife, of Guthrie, Lee and Henry Ritthaler and Katie Weid of Rocky Ford, Colo. The last three mentioned are brothers and a sister of Mr. Ritthaler, and August Ritthaler, a brother of Wichita, Kansas. Many beautiful floral tributes were brought by kind sympathetic friends who sought in this manner to offer a last token of love and respect for their friend, Deep sympathy and condolence are extended to the sorrowing husband and little one who will bitterly feel the loss of the good wife and kind and loving mother. She will be missed by her church and Sabbath school. She will be missed by a large circle of friends and associates who will feel the loss of her womanly kindness and Christian influence in church and community. [The Perry Republican Jan. 30 1919 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

BROOKS, ELLEN
Mrs. Ellen Brooks, aged 67 died last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lyman, 1021 North Gordy Street. She had been ill for a number of weeks. The body will be sent to Perry, Oklahoma tonight where burial will be made the last of the week. (El Dorado Times, January 13, 1921, Thursday) [Submitted by Peggy Thompson]

DAUGE, DAVID NEWTON
David Newton Dague was born in Brownsville, Penn., June 22, 1839. At the age of 7 years, he, with his parents and three sisters and three brothers, moved to Fulton, Ind., where he resided until coming to Oklahoma. During the Civil War he served in the one hundred and fifty-fifth Indiana regiment. He was a member of the Perry G. A. R. post. Was ever active in post life and work as long as his health permitted March 31, 1869 Mr. Dague married Miss Jenny Marsh of Perrysburg, Indiana. To this union were born ten children, two of whom died in infancy and Sherley L. who died in 1897 at the age of 16 years, and Maggie in 1912 at the age of 39 years; six of whom survive him: Lucy, Garrete and Mary Novell of Vinita, Okla., Mabel of Oklahorra City, George W; of Alexanderia, Louisiana, Morton H. of Newport, Arkansas, and Ralph M. Datte of Oklahoma City, all of whom were present through his last illness. In 1894 he moved with his family to Perry, Oklahoma, where he has since resided He has been an active member of the Methodist church for about sixty years, trusting in the promises of God in all things even to the last. He leaves a wife, Jenny Dague, two sisters, Martha Cassube of Logansport, Ind., Mary Buchanan, of Twelve Mile, Ind., and one brother, Joseph Dague of Washington, D. C, along with his surviving sons and daughters, seven grandchildren and a host of friends to morn his loss. [The Perry Republican December 16, 1920 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

DAUMAN, BABY
Baby Dauman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dauman and but one month and twenty days old, died Sunday and was buried Monday afternoon. [The Perry Republican December 16, 1920 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

FRANCIS, GEORGE
George Francis, who formerly lived in Perry but has been living in Montana the past several years, died at Lewistown, in that state Friday morning, December 10th. He was about sixty-five years of age. Last October he was knocked down by an auto driven by a friend, just as he started to get in the car. Internal injuries resulted in death. Deceased leaves a widow and daughters Mrs. Pearl Pickering of Siloam Springs, Arkansas and Mrs. Charles B. Singley, of Montana. A brother James A. Francis of Grainfield, Kansas, also survives. The body was interred at Lewistown, last Saturday. Deceased was a good man. Kind and generous as a neighbor, father and husband. He had been a member of the M. W. A. lodge for more than 30 years. He lived a consistent Christian life and was a member of the Methodist church. The widow and children have our sympathy in their deep bereavement. [The Perry Republican December 16, 1920 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

HENDREN, STERLING C.
Sterling C. Hendren, born in Kentucky 65 years ago, died at the Adams home north of Perry Sunday December 12, 1920. He came to Perry many years ago. He and his good wife lived in their home in northwest Perry until her death two years ago. Since then he has rented the home and lived with the family tenants. A year ago he was stricken ,with paralysis and gradually recovering was able to be around this fall apparently in good health. Three weeks, ago he was stricken again and the old body was too weak to resist the shock. He passed away at the Adams home on the Augustine farm north of town where he had been taken for care a week or two ago. "Daddy" Hendren was one of the good, old fashioned men, liked by everyone and for years has been connected with the grocery department of the Woodruff store. He left no children, a cousin, J. H. Hendren of the Blue Ribbon meat market and a niece Mrs. Emma Smith of Loretta, Kentucky, being the only known relatives. E. H. Adams, at whose home he died, and deceased married sisters. Funeral services were held from the Baptist church Monday afternoon Rev. Vermillion delivering the sermon and the services at the grave in charge of the Masons of which order he was a member.
[The Perry Republican December 16, 1920 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

HESTER, MRS. A.C.
Mrs. A. C. Hester, 78 years of age, died at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. H. M. Johnson in Perry, Sunday morning at 2 o'clock, December 12, 1920. She had been in ill health for a number of years. She is survived by the aged husband J. L. Hester who has been living at Pawhuska, and sons Bruce and Ebber of Granite and grandchildren Mrs. Madge McClellan and Vaughn Hester of Perry. The body was shipped to Granite for interment. [The Perry Republican December 16, 1920 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

LEDBETTER, JAMES H.
James H. Ledbetter was born in Elizabethtown, Illinois, July 26, 1877 and died in Perry Thursday evening December 9th, 1920. Elizabethtown is a small village on the Ohio river and here young Jim grew to manhood, offered every advantage by well to do parents. Jim's scholastic ambition did not soar any higher than the average boy's and his lighthearted, care free, enthusiasm developed an energy that made of him finally at manhood's estate an accomplished musician with a high school education. Playing the cornet and violin on the excursion boat orchestras on the Ohio and Mississippi and enjoying the Bohemian life to the limit, unmindful of the future, had marked the years that slipped by, until in 1898 when James Senior took the young man in hand and gave him the alternative of getting out and hustling substantially for himself or going to Denver to study law in the office of an uncle. Jim choose the chance of making terms with the uncle and reluctantly left the parental nest .on a west bound Denver limited. Awaking next morning in a border Illinois town he was attracted by a brass band playing at the depot and upon inquiry learned of the desire for recruits for the Spanish-American war, just started. The balance of the ticket to Denver was not used. Jim volunteered with the 9th Illinois Infantry. He was assigned, to the band after mobilization at Jacksonville, Florida and shipped to Cuba. He was discharged as a Sargeant when the war closed and returned to Elizabethtown. The parents had in the meantime moved to Newkirk, Oklahoma, where the father had headed a company in the building and operating of a large flour mill. Sargeant Jim stayed about the old home town in Illinois until his resources totaled one soldier's uniform and his thoughts turned to father and mother in Oklahoma. A generous friend financed his transportation. Father Ledbetter was not overly affected with hero worship and as a cold business proposition put Jim to work in the mill at ten dollars a week. In a short time the mill burned and the parents returned to Illinois. Thrown upon his own resources Jim went to work for the Donahoe Bros., extensive grain dealers at Winfield, Ponca Cify and Newkirk. Natural energy and ability directed in serious channels developed the latent talent of business judgment and commercial merit. Jim had at last found himself. Making good as an understudy he was given charge of the elevator at Bliss in north Noble county. Later came the organization of the State Bank of Bliss and Jim became the cashier and general fact totum(?) of the institution. In the fall of 1914 he was elected county commissioner and served two terms, ending his administration in 1918. With associates Ed Martin of Perry and J. F. Keeler of the southern district our present magnificent court house was built. A monument that stands today to the credit of these men as a municipal structure "built without a graft." Three years ago Jim became interested in the local Farmers and Merchants bank as part owner and cashier, which latter position he held until the time of his death. With his connection with the bank the family moved from Bliss to Perry. In 1900 he was married to Miss Belle Dickman of Newkirk. To this union there were born James, Jr., 17 and Isabell, 13, who with the widow survive the father. His parents moved from Illinois to Perry about a year ago. A brother Millard, the only other child of the family has been here visiting the past few weeks. The health of the deceased was impaired by army service and has since received a small pension for the disability. The past summer he had an attack of ptomaine poisoning, which resulted in his death, though being treated by the most skillful physicians. Gradually the complaint had increased and of late he had not done but little work at the bank. While sitting with his wife and daughter at home after supper Thursday evening he suffered an acute attack of heart trouble, superinduced by stomach affection, and expired within a short time, peacefully passing to his Maker. The funeral services were held at the Christian church Sunday afternoon, Rev. Horn delivering the sermon, the services being in charge of the Masons of which order he was a 32 degree member. He was also an Odd Fellow and both lodges attended in a body. The funeral was the largest ever held in Perry and the great concourse of friends attending the last sad rites demonstrating the esteem and love which Jim Ledbetter had merited as a genuinely good fellow, square, honorable as a citizen and business man, worthy of unlimited trust and confidence. May he rest in peace. [The Perry Republican December 16, 1920 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

MARSH, MRS. LAURA
Mrs. Laura Marsh, age 65, wife of Uncle Jesse Marsh, passed away Saturday December 11th She was born in Indiana and came with her husband many years ago to Noble county settling on a farm south of Perry. A few years ago they moved to Perry. They had no children. She had been in ill health for some time. Funeral services were had Monday morning from the Methodist church, Rev. Beefs in charge of ceremonies. [The Perry Republican December 16, 1920 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

POWERS, DONALD
In Memoriam
Donald Sylvester Powers, the oldest of five children of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Powers, was born October 24, 1908 and died Feb. 8, 1919. For several months before he passed away he grew weaker day by day from leakage of the heart. On January 30th he was taken to Dr. Duke's Sanitarium at Guthrie, but on the morning of February 8th the Angel of Mercy silently, sweetly, folded the little saint in his arms and said "Donald, you have suffered enough. I have a beautiful home for you up in Heaven." When I visited Donald, at his home and at the hospital, he at once brought me into a Heavenly atmosphere that is only found in the life of God's saints ripe for the Mansions in the sky. Though only ten in age, he talked with a manly mind and a heart full of tender love. "For Donald to live was for Christ to live and for Christ to live was for Donald to live." He won men to the Christ. The large gathering at his funeral and the beautiful ceremony was a witness of the admiration and love the host of friends had for Donald and his father, mother, two brothers and two sisters. Dear ones left behind Donald has been transplanted to the Heavenly land. "Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade Death came with friendly care; The opening bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there." Sincerely, Rev. T. S. Johnson. [The Perry Republican Feb. 13,1919 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

SMITH, KATIE
In memory of Katie Inez Smith who passed out of this life Monday, March 10, 1919, in, San Francisco Katie was born in Kansas City, Mo., March 15th, 1888, but came to Perry, with her parents, when a small child and grew to woman-hood here, graduating at the local high school. Katie had not been strong for ten years but had recovered her health and was quite normal and active at the time she was taken sick with influenza which developed into bronchial pneumonia The passing of this loved one is doubly sad as the youngest son, Field Ellison, passed away November 18, 1918, after an illness of one week of influenza. Field was also a graduate of the local high school and at the time of his death was a member of the San Francisco Bar association. The services for Field were conducted by the Masonic Order. Those for Katie Inez by Rev. H. H. Miller, formerly of Perry and Oklahoma City but now of Oakland. Both were laid to rest in Mt. Olivet cemetery, San Francisco. Those who are left to mourn these dear ones are the mother, Mrs. Mary C. Smith; the sisters, Ida May, Beatrice and Mrs. J. C. Gaiser of San Francisco, Anna, of Riverside, Mrs. J. H Stout of Pasadena, Mrs. Belle Royce of Los Angeles, a brother, Ollie Smith, of Watsonville, Cal., and Mrs. Grace Sellars of Hutchinson, Kansas, and J.Flem Smith of Guthrie, Okla. [March 20 1919 The Perry Republican - - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

SPEER, JOHN T.
John T. Speer Dies in California
John T. Speer died at his home, at Covina, Calif., Tuesday. March 10th, at the age of 78 years. His wife, Mrs. Emily Speer, and four children, R.C. Speer of Covina, Mrs. C. C. Collins of Sheridan, Wyoming, Mrs. Maude Brookhart, Tonkawa, Okla., and A. R. Speer of Hesperia, Calif., survive him. His body was laid at rest in Covina cemetery. Mr. Speer was born in Tennessee and later removed to Guthrie, Okla., later making the race into the Cherokee Strip in 1893, where he staked a claim one-half mile north of Ceres where he resided, together with his family, for seventeen years and improved his farm, doing most of the improving with his own labor. Mr. Speer leaves many loyal friends both in Oklahoma and California to mourn his death. [The Perry Republican March 27, 1919 - - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

STOUT, MRS. CARRIE M.
Mrs. Carrie M. Stout, well known in Perry and especially in Rebeckah lodge and Odd Fellow lodge circles, died at the home of her son Harold, at Bessie, Oklahoma, Saturday morning, December 11, after an illness of several months with cancer of the stomach. She was the former, wife of Will Stout of Perry and leaves two children Harold and Lenore to mourn her death. She was 54 years of age. The body was taken to Rush Center Kansas for interment, that being her old homeland where she has a brother now living and her parents buried there. [The Perry Republican December 16, 1920 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

VOSS, CHRIS
Christian Voss was born in Germany 67 years ago. Died Thursday December 9, 1920 in Perry from a pistol wound inflicted by himself. Funeral services were had Tuesday Dec. 13. He was a member of the Lutheran church. The widow, a second wife married to last June survives. Also six children as follows: Mrs. Gus Pietrusky of Perry, Herman Voss of Buhl, Idaho, Will Voss, living north of Perry, Albert Voss, of Ft. Logan, Colorado, John Voss of Whittier, California, Chas. Voss of Coweta, Okla. and Mrs. Will Plagram of Alexander, South Dakota. Deceased was well fixed in worldly goods, having three good farms north of Perry, residence property in the city and cash in bank. [The Perry Republican December 16, 1920 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

WARNER, MRS. ADELINE
Mrs. Adeline Warner, wife of Roy Warner, living east of Perry, died Sunday evening at 9 o'clock, December 12th. (1920) Age 41 years, 2 months, 18 days. Deceased had been ill for several months and a few weeks ago Was taken to the hospital at Guthrie for an operation. Returning home her strength failed to recuperate, her death resulting after every medical attention She is survived by the husband, a daughter and two sisters, the latter being Miss Agnes Leuhe and Mrs. Fred Yahn of our city. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Christian church Rev. Horn officiating. Interment in Grace Hill cemetery. - [The Perry Republican December 16, 1920 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]