The local newspaper for Shawnee, OK, is The Shawnee News-Star. It is available online. They can be accessed at www.news-star.com. Good luck with your search. Elaine & Tom

Thank you. I guess I will find out how far back the obits go online or from their own files. Nan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tommy Leek" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 8:51 AM Subject: [OKCo.] Re: Shawnee > The local newspaper for Shawnee, OK, is The Shawnee News-Star. It is > available online. They can be accessed at www.news-star.com. Good luck > with your search. > Elaine & Tom > > > ==== OKOKLAHO Mailing List ==== > Have you visited OKGenWeb lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/ >

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I am also looking for an obit for a person who died in Shawnee. George Orlando Bennett died May 7, 1941. If you find someone or some place to get a Shawnee obit for you I would appreciate your sharing the source with me. Thank you, Nana (NAY_na) RUTHERFORD Redell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Micheal Tina Ruse-Hussey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 8:53 AM Subject: [OKCo.] Request for newspaper info. BYERS > Hello.I am seeking the obituary for my uncle AURTHUR BYERS who > died December 31,2004.He lived in Shawnee OK.I know this is a > rural area and he may have lived on Indian land as his wife is > native American.My question is what newspaper would be closest > to seek the obit.and what county should I seek a volunteer > in?Thank you for any information.Tina Micheal Ruse. > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > ==== OKOKLAHO Mailing List ==== > Oklahoma Vital Records Information - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/vital/vital.html >

Hello.I am seeking the obituary for my uncle AURTHUR BYERS who died December 31,2004.He lived in Shawnee OK.I know this is a rural area and he may have lived on Indian land as his wife is native American.My question is what newspaper would be closest to seek the obit.and what county should I seek a volunteer in?Thank you for any information.Tina Micheal Ruse. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: gumberts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YaB.2ACI/1506.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you! Maybe I can contact those funeral homes and find out who arranged for the funerals. Looks like Mandel went west before Maun, then she joined him later, as they are on the 1930 census as man and wife. Sherry

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YaB.2ACI/1506.1 Message Board Post: I found Mandel in the 1933 OKC Directory living at 609 NW 3oth Street and it looks like he is not married because no wife is listed. He is a solicitor for Ledbetter Insurance Company at 2010 N. Ross Avenue. He was married by the 1935 Directory to Maun E. They later moved to 2208 NW 25th. By 1970, he owns his own company, Gumberts Insurance at 104 Drexel Avenue. In the Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma county, Oklahoma, Thursday, April 1, 1976. I did not find an obit, only a listing under funerals: "GUMBERTS, Mandel, 79, of 5104 N. Drexel; 10 a.m. Thursday in Guardian Watts Funeral Home, burial in Resurrection Cemetery." In the Lawton Morning Press- Constitution, Lawton, Comanche county, Oklahoma, July 23, 1984, page 6A. No obit, just funeral announcement: "Maun E. Gumberts, Route 1, 4 p.m., Becker Memorial Chapel."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nix Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YaB.2ACI/1507.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Laura, Thanks so much for your help. It helps a bit but unfortunately I was hoping to find out if she had any children and her husband's first name. I'll just keep plugging away and try another route. Thanks again! Shelley

I have a newspaper article from 1938 that describes a proposed monument to the Grand Blvd park system that was going to be placed "on the highest point in Lincoln Park near the park's new north entrance off the boulevard." The monument was to include four bronze plaques. One of these was to honor the people who donated the land for the park system, which included my husband's g-grandfather, John Eckroat. My question: Does anyone know if the monument was ever actually created, and does it still exist today? I might be making a to OK City next summer, and that's something I'd love to check out! -- Cherie Atkinson Clark [email protected] http://members.aol.com/chersfmly/ http://journals.aol.com/chersfmly/geniejournal/ **There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.** (Hodding Carter)

Contact the OKC Parks Department. Their link is below. Hopefully, they can tell you where the plaques are. http://www.okc.gov/query.html?Parks/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:14 PM Subject: [OKCo.] Lincoln Park Monument, OK City >I have a newspaper article from 1938 that describes a proposed monument to > the Grand Blvd park system that was going to be placed "on the highest > point > in Lincoln Park near the park's new north entrance off the boulevard." > The > monument was to include four bronze plaques. One of these was to honor > the > people who donated the land for the park system, which included my > husband's > g-grandfather, John Eckroat. > > My question: Does anyone know if the monument was ever actually created, > and > does it still exist today? I might be making a to OK City next summer, > and > that's something I'd love to check out! > > > -- > Cherie Atkinson Clark > [email protected] > http://members.aol.com/chersfmly/ > http://journals.aol.com/chersfmly/geniejournal/ > > **There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. > One > of these is roots, the other, wings.** (Hodding Carter) > > > ==== OKOKLAHO Mailing List ==== > Oklahoma Cemeteries > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/cemetery/cemetery.htm >

According to my collection of maps, I am able to locate the old Council Grove post office/depot at the current location between Council Road to the east and County Line Road to the west, Reno St. to the south and N.W. 10th Street to the north. The two "biggest" cemeteries close to Council Grove would have been Bethany Cemetery or Pleasant View Cemetery in Wheatland. When did the sisters die? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:33 PM Subject: [OKCo.] Cemetery Location Question > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YaB.2ACI/1509 > > Message Board Post: > > I need some help with figuring out where someone would be buried. > > Two sisters died in Council Grove, OK, which now is part of OKC. What > cemetery is closest to Council Grove? > > > ==== OKOKLAHO Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the PhotoGallery? > http://marti.rootsweb.com/photogallery/index.htm >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YaB.2ACI/1509 Message Board Post: I need some help with figuring out where someone would be buried. Two sisters died in Council Grove, OK, which now is part of OKC. What cemetery is closest to Council Grove?

Looking for info & DESCENDANTS of - Callie Mae DODSON) Andrews 1875 IL - 1946 OK married - Clyde D. ANDREWS bef. 1918 & divorced him in 1935 in Oklahoma City, OK They had one daughter - Diana Mary ANDREWS - b. 1918 Oklahoma City, OK & d. ? - married Robert T. NELSON - b. 1916 in ? & d. 12 Nov. 1992 Oklahoma City, OK (info from SSDI) They had 2 daughters - La Von NELSON - no further info & Roberta Jean - no further info In 1946 the NELSON family was residing at 123 NW 7th Oklahoma City, OK Robert T. Nelson owns the cemetery plot at MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, Oklahoma City, OK where his mother-in-law Callie Mae (DODSON) ANDREWS was buried in 1946. Sue in New York [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])

: <<I don't have a directory as to who might have done the paintings but I have painted tins of my great grandparents, which was done about 1896. I took them out and to Walmart and put them in the photo machine and made copies. They are beautiful. They are so old one of them was hardly recognizable, but I lighted it a bit before printing it. Again they are beautiful.>> Thanks for the information. I believe I am going to have to have another portrait maker work on touching up this portrait. It's so big, it won't fit in any machines I have found so far that I can use myself. Warmly, Bettye

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YaB.2ACI/1508 Message Board Post: I am looking for an obit for my Great-Grandfather, Patrick Riley. He was born in 1880 in Ireland and died in Oklahoma City in 1930. He worked for Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. and was electrocuted while stringing power lines. He was survived by his wife, Alice, and four children - Doris, Dan (or Pat), Donald and Kathleen (or Catherine).

I don't have a directory as to who might have done the paintings but I have painted tins of my great grandparents, which was done about 1896. I took them out and to Walmart and put them in the photo machine and made copies. They are beautiful. They are so old one of them was hardly recognizable, but I lighted it a bit before printing it. Again they are beautiful. Sammie Kay [email protected] wrote: I have what I thought was a very large photograph of my mother in an oval frame. She was an infant in the picture. It would have been made in 1918 in Britton (officially Edmond), OK. I finally got the courage to try to get it open only to discover it was a painting! Does anyone know who might have done a portrait like this that long ago? Does anyone have a directory from that era? Bettye ==== OKOKLAHO Mailing List ==== Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YaB.2ACI/1507.1 Message Board Post: Shelley this is just the death notice and it seems to be the only listing for Ethel in the Daily Oklahoman. Laura Deaths The Daily Oklahoman November 30, 1992 Estimated printed pages: 4 State ADA TODD, Albert Leon, 75. Services today (Cris-well). ALVA LITTON, Harvard Callison, 60. Services today (Marshall). ARDMORE SCOTT, Melvie Marie, 50. Services Tuesday (Harvey-Douglas). ATOKA McBRIDE, Lillie Velma, 89. Services today (Atoka). BRIDGEPORT GARNER, Brandon, infant son of Donna Mae Garner. Services Tuesday (Hinton-Turner, Hinton). CARTER WITHERSPOON, Martha Viola, 93. Services Tuesday (Rose Chapel, Sayre). DILL CITY KILLER, Leroy, 80. Services pending (Jack Loftis, Cordell). ENID HUNT, Adolphus Wayne, 70. Services Tuesday (Henninger-Allen). KARNS, Mildred L., 78. Services Tuesday (Henninger-Allen). SHELTON, Lila, 73. Services today (Henninger-Allen). STANFIELD, Judy Dorothy, 95. Services Wednesday (Brown). FAIRVIEW VALENTINE, Solon John, 44. Services Tuesday (Marshall, Waynoka). FREDERICK COBB, Robert P., 89. Services Tuesday (Gish). WATSON, Darwin C., 54. Services Tuesday (Gish). GLENCOE SAMMIS, Mattie P., 87. Services today (Poteet, Pawnee). HEAVENER LUMAN, Chester William, 65. Services today (Dowden). HOBART MATHEWS, Julia Missouri, 73. Services Tuesday (Hackney). HOLDENVILLE YAHOLA, Ruth, 91. Memorial services Wednesday (Stout, Wewoka). KEOTA OWENS, Hubert, 67. Services Tuesday (Mallory, Stigler). LAWTON PENNINGTON, Granvil H., 75. Graveside services Tuesday (Becker). MANGUM CADDEL, Audie L., 88. Services today (Greer). MINCO LANG, Nettie Lintine, 90. Services today (Huber-Reynolds). MOUNTAIN PARK PORTER, Robert Albert, 98. Services today (Lowell-Tims, Altus). PAULS VALLEY WELCH, Lillian B., 90. Services today (Stufflebean). PONCA CITY CRAWFORD, Larry Wayne, 48. Services Tuesday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid). HOGAN, William J., 67. Services Tuesday (Grace Memorial Chapel). McCLEARY, Michael, 18. Services today (Grace Memorial Chapel). SLOCUM, Leroy, 74. Services Tuesday (Grace Memorial Chapel). RED OAK SMALLWOOD, Ruth, 97. Services today (Jones, Wilburton). SAYRE VINCENT, Wallace G., 63. Services Tuesday in Cheyenne (Rose Chapel). SEILING CORBETT, Verna Mae, 96. Graveside services today in Woodward County (Redinger). SEMINOLE SPARKMAN, Joanne Myrtle, 61. Private services (Swearingen). TARVER, Earl A., 89. Services Tuesday (Swearingen). SHIDLER ROE, Herbert L., 64. Graveside services today (Shidler Chapel). SMITHVILLE CHITWOOD, James Arlet, 87. Services today (Evans & Miller, Poteau). STIGLER BYRUM, Mellissa Inez, 89. Graveside services Tuesday (Mallory). SULPHUR HARRIS, Burlon E., 65. Services Tuesday (Clagg). TULSA WILHITE, Gary Dean, 40. Services Tuesday (Bill Eisenhour Southeast). WANETTE GILLEY, Nelda, 50. Services Tuesday (Wadley's). WRIGHT CITY BARNETT, Charles Elmer, 82. Services today (Norwood-Coffey-Leonard, Idabel). Metropolitan OKLAHOMA CITY AUSTIN, Doc E., 81, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday; committal 3:30 p.m. in Pauls Valley (Guardian West). BROWN, Otto, 90, died Saturday. Services pending (Rolfe). COCHRAN, Zillie, 78, died Saturday. Services pending (Rolfe). COOPER, Ralph A., died Sunday. Services pending (Guardian West). DICUS, Frank Edward "Eddie," 54, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church in Ada (Criswell, Ada). EZZELL, Cecil, 86, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sunny Lane Cemetery (Bill Merritt South). FOSTER, Margie L., 69, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. today, Calvary Church of the Nazarene (Bill Merritt, Bethany). FULLER, Bill M., 71, died Sunday. Memorial services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Our Lord's Community Church (Hahn-Cook, Street & Draper). HIBBERT, R.L., 75, retired carpenter, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Gene Adams). HILL, J. Gilbert, 87, died Sunday. Services pending (Guardian West). McGAVOCK, Joe Wain, 39, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Northwest Christian Church (Gene Adams). McMILLAN, Lee E., 28, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Wedesday, Church of God Chapel, Guthrie (Smith, Guthrie). MOGG, Vernon M., 67, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sickles (Hinton-Turner). MOUNGER, Mary "Mamie," 96, died Friday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Moore Cemetery (Guardian Midtown). MOYLES, John, 89, died Thursday. Services 11 a.m. today, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Hahn-Cook, Street & Draper). NIX, Ethel Frances, 94, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday (Cris-well, Ada). POOL, Grover, 79, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Southern Hills Baptist Church (Vondel L. Smith & Son South). WALL, Flossie L., 88, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. today (Capitol Hill). WEAVER, Villian, 78, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Emmanuel Baptist Church (Rolfe). WILLIAMSON, David Eugene, 59, died Saturday. Graveside services 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Memorial Park Cemetery (Guardian West). BLANCHARD DUNN, Samuel Wally, 17, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, Pentecostal Holiness Church, Newcastle (Eisenhour). EDMOND EGLESTON, Denver A., 53, died Sunday. Services pending (Guardian North). GUTHRIE DRISKELL, Helen M., 86, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. today, Trinity Episcopal Church (Davis). SMITH, Ray O. Sr., 48, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, St. Paul Baptist Church, Meridian (Pollard, Oklahoma City). MIDWEST CITY JOHNSON, Walter Henry, 77, died Saturday. Graveside services 1 p.m. today, Wellston Cemetery, Wellston (Bill Eisenhour Southeast). MOORE THOMPSON, Billie Joyce, 55, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Bill Eisenhour Southeast). MUSTANG WALTHERS, George O., 82, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Bill Merritt). NORMAN MULLICAN, O.V., 70, died Sunday. Services pending (Primrose). STUART, Betty Jeanne, 59, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Mayes). SHAWNEE ISBELL, Ellen H., 83, died Saturday. Services 9 a.m. today, Wesley United Methodist Church (Gaskill). SPENCER HERD, Granvile, 64, died Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Fairview Baptist Church (Rolfe). TUTTLE FRANKLIN, Martha Ethel, 81, died Saturday. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nazarene Church (Sevier). Section: NEWS Page: 4 Column: Deaths Index Terms: DEATHS Copyright 1992 Oklahoma Publishing Company Record Number: OKC1814906 OpenURL Article Bookmark (right click, and copy the link location): Deaths

I have what I thought was a very large photograph of my mother in an oval frame. She was an infant in the picture. It would have been made in 1918 in Britton (officially Edmond), OK. I finally got the courage to try to get it open only to discover it was a painting! Does anyone know who might have done a portrait like this that long ago? Does anyone have a directory from that era? Bettye

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nix, Long Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YaB.2ACI/1507 Message Board Post: Looking for an obit copy for Ethel Fadelia (Long) Nix. Ethel was born 8/26/1898 and passed away 11/28/1992 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Any help would be greatly appriciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gumberts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YaB.2ACI/1506 Message Board Post: looking for information on Mandel and Maun Gumberts. They moved to Oklahoma City sometime after 1930, Mandel died there about 1956, Maun then moved to Lawton, Comanche County Oklahoma where she died in July of 1984. I want to know if they had any children, where those children are. Sherry