MARSHALL, Caroline (WHITLOCK) 1877-1959

MARSHALL, WHITLOCK, SEIPLE, PERCY, YETTER

Posted By: Betty Hootman-Volunteer
Date: 2/27/2014 at 20:22:55

Caroline W. Marshall

Caroline Whitlock, was born on November 11, 1877 in the Farmington area, where she spent most of her life. She left this life on May15, 1959 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 81.

On November 10, 1902 she was joined in marriage to Stephen G. Marshall who preceeded(sic) her in death on July 29, 1949.

From this marriage came four children who remain to mourn this one who has gone before.

Joel Marshall of Rock Island, Ill.; Alfred Marshall of North Hollywood, Calif.; and Mrs. Fred Seiple and Mrs. Leonard Percy of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

One sister of Mrs. Marshall remains, Mrs. Frank Yetter of Tulsa, Okla. Seven grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends will live in the memory of this child of God.

Mrs. Marshall was a member of the Farmington Methodist church for many years and when she left to make her home in Tulsa she became a faithful member of the church there.

Mrs. Marshal had a great talent for musical composition and the writing of poetry. The following is from her pen:

I cannot always know the onward course my ship must take,
But looking backward I behold afar its shining wake.
Illumined with God’s light of love and so I onward go,
In perfect trust that He who holds the helm the course must know.

I cannot always know and understand the master’s rule.
I cannot always do the tasks that came in life’s hard school.
But I am learning with His help to solve them one by one,
And when I cannot understand to say, “Thy will be done.”

Funeral services were held Monday, May 18 at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev, M. Ellsworth Walker officiating. Burial was in Farmington cemetery.

Source: Scrapbook of Unknown Origin, page 70