This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Latrop, McDaniel, Heaston Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/2621 Message Board Post: In the death of Mrs. Charles Lathrop, Strong City lost one of her best and most generally loved citizens. For many years she, with her family, had lived in and near Strong City. Through these years she has taken an active part in the affairs of the town until in recent years when her health began to fall. Since then she has been less active in church and other community work. The love and respect of her many friends and neighbors was shown by the immense throng which gathered at the Methodist church to attend her funeral and by the evidence of grief on thei faces. She was taken to the hospital at Elk City for an operation for gall stone and other troubles. The operation seemed to successful, but she lacked the necessary vitality to survive the strain and died just a short time before midnight, December 7, 1925. Mrs. Lathrop who was formerly Miss Narissa McDaniel, was born in Harrison county, Mo., Mary 12, 1876. She was married to Charles Lathrop May 16, 1895. To them were born six children, three of whom died in infancy; three, Helen, June and Lane, with her husband and a sister, Mrs. Charles Heaston of Emporia, Kansas, she leaves behind to mourn her loss. Mrs. Lathrop united with the Methodist Episcopal church when quite young. She was at the time of her death identified with the Methodist Church, South. One off her favorite sons, "Do your duty now", very aptly expresses her devotion to her Master and to His cause. She was also a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Strong City and of the Royal Neighbors. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Fred Wright, pastor of the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. Stout, pastor of the Methodist church. The Rebekahs rendered a very beautiful and impressive ceremony at the Strong City Cemetery, Strong City, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma in honor of their departed sister. The many friends and neighbors of the bereaved share with them in their sorrow and grief at the loss of their loved one and extend to them genuine sympathy in this hour of sore trial. (Cheyenne Star December 10, 1925)