Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Willa Frances Dodson Flue
   
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   Willa  Frances  Flue,  74,  of Cheyenne was born March 25, 1912 in the
   Grimes  Community  of  Roger  Mills  County  and passed from this life
   Wednesday,  July 2, 1986 in the Cheyenne Convalescent Home following a
   bried illness.
   At  an  early age she went with her parents Hubert William and Rebecca
   Irene  Dodson  to  New  Mexico returning to Sayre, Okla. to make their
   home.  She  graduated  from  Sayre High School in 1929, and later from
   Southwestern  State  Teacher's  College.  She taught school at Reydon,
   Seiling,  Dill  City,  Hammon and other area schools. In June 1935 she
   was  married to Lester Clinton Carter. He passed away in January 1968.
   On  June  28,  1971  she and Lee Flue were married in Perryton, Texas.
   They  made their home in Crawford until moving to Cheyenne in 1980. Mr
   Flue preceded her in death in November, 1980.
   Following  her retirement from teaching in 1972 she remained active as
   a  member  of  the  United  Methodist  Church  of Cheyenne; the Reydon
   Eastern  Star;  the Platonic Club; Roll Quilting Club; and the Retired
   School  Teacher's  Association.  At  the  time  of  her  death she was
   employed as a proof reader for the Cheyenne Star.
   In  addition  to  her husbands, Mrs. Flue was preceded in death by her
   parents,  2  sons, Ralph and Pinky Carter and 2 grandsons, Rick Carter
   and James Goin.
   Survivors  include:  4  daughters,  Barbara  Bidwell  of  Fort  Smith,
   Arkansas;   Sandra   (Sue)   Goin   of   Elk  City;  Jayne  Gordon  of
   Fredericksburg,  VA;  Wanda  Diel of Clinton, 7 grandchildren; 4 great
   grandsons;  1 sister, Viana Jewell Peters of Foss, OK; 1 brother, G.H.
   (Bunk) Dodson of Sayre, and a number of nieces and nephews.
   Funeral  services  were  conducted Friday morning July 4, 1986 at 9:30
   a.m.  in  the  United Methodist Church of Cheyenne with Charles Horton
   and  Aubrey  Cowan  officiating.  Interment  followed  in the Cheyenne
   Cemetery,  Cheyenne,  Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction
   of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Cheyenne.
   Pallbearers  were Donovan Wesner, M.J. Owen, Randall Calvert, Floyd E.
   (Shorty) Harmon, Dan Sadler and Gene Estes.