This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gates, Perkins, Selby, Sanve Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/2930 Message Board Post: Karl Elmo Gates was born September 21, 1877 in Middlefield, Ohio. Later he moved to Kansas where he grew to manhood. He came to Oklahoma in 1901 and filed on land near Durham. In 1907 he was married to Lillian Leah Perkins. To this union seven children were born, six of whom survive. One son, Hilton, preceded him in death. Immeidate survivors are his wife, Mrs. Gates of 1129 W. Ave. A., Elk City; four sons, Lee and Dale of Strong City; Don of Cheyenne; and Galen of Stanton, Texas; two duaghters, Doris Selby of Strong City and Ilene Sanve of Carter. He was a charter member of the Durham Masonic Lodge. He and his family moved to Strong City in 1918 and he transferred his membership there. In 1948 he and his wife moved to Elk City and he transferred his memberhips there. He had been a mason for 44 years. He was also a member of the odd Fellows lodge for a number of years. Mr. Gates departed this life at Elk City on April 2, 1952 at the age of 75 years, six months and 12 days. He was laid to rest in Red Hill cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma by the side of his son, Hilton, April 4, 1952. Masons of Cheyenne, Hammon and Elk City joined to perform graveside rites. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK