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    1. [OKTulsa] Re: Seeking obituaries for Lola and Earnest Matthews
    2. 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/EZB.2ACE/651.1 Message Board Post: You didn't say why you wanted them (I assume you are related), but here is the information: ----------TULSA WORLD NEWSPAPER, MAY 7, 1958 LOLA Abott MATTHEWS, age 57, of 1240 S. Gary Ave., a former hardware store operator, who died Wednesday of cancer in a Tulsa Hospital. She had been ill for 2 months. A Tulsan since the mid-1930's, she operated a hardware store at 1161 N. Utica for 13 years until becoming ill. A native of Iola, KS, she is a graduate of Bethany (Kansas) College, majoring in Art. She took graduate courses at Emporia and Pittsburg, KS before moving to Tulsa. She was a member of the Presbyterian faith. Survivors, a daughter, Barbara, of the home, a brother, Howard Wheaton (Montevideo, Uruguay) and sister, Shirley Novak, Nevada, Missouri. Services through Moore Funeral Home. ---------------------------------------------------- TULSA WORLD NEWSPAPER April 5, 1977] MR. EARNEST P. MATTHEWS, 75, of 3520 E. 30th St. Survived by one daughter, Mrs. Delaney L. (Barbara) Hovland, of Lincoln, NE (Note: in 2002, she now lives in Tulsa--phone number 918-298-5704), 3 grandchildren, Victoria Ann, Matthew Craig, and Jacqueline Kay, all of Lincoln. 4 Sisters: Mrs. Ethel Young--Siloam Springs, Arkansas Mrs. Nora Bennett--Tulsa, OK Mrs. Opal Ryals--Tahlequah, OK Mrs. Effie Lowe--Longview, WA Mr. Matthews was born and attended schools in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Traveled for Shell Oil Co. for 15 years, and was maintenance and supervisor for them. Later moved to Tulsa, where he went into business for himself. Formerly owned Matthews Service Station and Maintenance & Equipment Company, 1159 N. Utica. Interment at Memorial Park. --------------------------------------------------------

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