Henry Church (1957)

ADAIR, CARMONY, CHURCH, CROSSON, GRIMSLEY, SHEPHERD, TODD

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/28/2008 at 19:50:40

Newspaper Unknown
ca 1957, Garfield County, Oklahoma

LAST RITES HELD HERE MONDAY FOR HENRY CHURCH

Funeral services for Henry Church, 94, were held Monday at the Spies-Shaw funeral home. He had died Saturday at an Enid hospital following an illness of five years.

Born at Winterset, Ia., he made the run into Oklahoma with the Cherokee Strip opening and settled one mile north of Carmen. He moved to Seiling in 1906. He was a member of the Christian church here.

Survivors included his former wife, Mrs. Henry Church, Seiling; six daughters, Mrs. W. A. Carmony, Mrs. Pearl Crosson, both of Hennessey, Mrs. O. L. Adair, Wellington, Kan.; Mrs. B. W. Shepherd, Hobbs, N. M.; Mrs. Glen Grimsley, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. B. L. Todd, Manhattan, Kan.; three sons, Dr. Lloyd Church, Wilburton, and Marvin R. Church and Willard A. Church, Deer Park, Wash; one brother, Harry, Pueblo, Colo., and 28 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
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Relatives attending the funeral of Henry Church last Monday were Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Church, Wilburton; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Carmony, and daughter, Hennessey; Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Adair, Wellington, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Shepherd and son, Hobbs, N. M.; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Church, Deer Park, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Grimsley and daughter, Oklahoma City; Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Todd, Manhattan, Kan.; Mrs. Pearl Crosson and daughter, Mrs. Waltena LaPorte, Hennessey; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Church and daughter, Carmen; Mr. and Mrs. Dale Church, Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Shaklee and daughters, Watonga, Mr. and Mrs. Gavie Carmony and daughters, Oklahoma City; Mrs. D. R. Clements and children, Enid; Mrs. Ruth Flaming, Enid, and Mrs. Blanche Burns and Mrs. Beulah Berry, Geary.
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