1946

Wm Oliver Rites held at Oran, Sunday

Funeral services for Wm. Oliver, 71 years old, an attorney of Chaffee and a
former resident of Oran for many years, were conducted at 200 O'clock
Sunday, Sept 15 at the Oran Baptist church by the pastor Rev C E Warren, and
assisted by Rev. E D Owen of Sikeston.

Mr Oliver became ill early Monday Sept 9 from a heart ailment and died
unexpectedly at 830am on Thursday, Sept 12 at the Southeast Missouri
Hospital in Cape Girardeau.  His son-in-law, Earl Watkins, and Dr. Wescoat
of Cape were at his bedside at the time he passed away.

Mr. Oliver was born Oct 28 1874, near Oakland City, Indiana, a son of Mr and
Mrs Curtis Oliver.  When he was five years old the family moved to a farm
near Oran.  He was married June 24 1894, to Miss Millie Loyd of Oran.  He
had a mercantile store in Oran and at Risco and then, by studying law on the
side on his own, passed the bar examination and opened an office in Oran in
1919, moving to Chaffee in 1929.  He was the Chaffee City Attorney for a
number of years and held that position up until his death; was also
chairman of the Chaffee Rotary Club; a member of the Chamber of Commerce;
and a member of the Oran Baptist church.

The deceased owned and operated approximately 400 acres of land on the base
line road near Oran, also a number of parcels of residential property in
Chaffee.

Mr. Oliver is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs Earl Watkins of
Cape Girardeau, Mrs Modie Sears of Benton, and Mrs Floyd Gilliam of
Cardwell; three sons: Lawrence of Chaffee, and Lyman and Chester Oliver of
Detroit, Mich, also one brother, Fred Oliver, of St Louis.

Pall bearers were Roy ward, Fred Lewallen and Otto Pfefferkorn of Chaffee, 
F A Metz, Leo Tenkhoff, and F S Bice of Oran.

Interment was in Friend's Hill Cemetery at Oran.