Beckham County, OK - Obits: Olive Baker Webb Fern, 1934 Wednesday, October 30, 2002 Submitted by: sayrepl1@sayre.lib.ok.us (Stacy Akins) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Final rites for Olive Fern, 83, resident in the state fo 33 years and a resident of Beckham county for 30 years, will be held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Church of God with Rev. W. M. Cochran, pastor, officiating. The elderly woman died last night at the home of her son Bert Webb, Twelfth and Boone street. She had bee ill for four weeks. Mrs. Fern was born April 24, 1851 in Illinois. She was married in 1870 in Kansas to William Webb. A second marriage 33 years later was to Jeseph Fern. Surviving Mrs. Fern are eight children George Webb, Morrison William Webb, Perry, David Webb Durmmond, Bert Webb, Elk City, Mrs. Louise Kiger, Nevada, Mo., Mrs. Aline Hargrove, Hastings, Nebr., Mrs. Laurena Virden, Em- mett, Ark., and Mrs. Alwilda burke, Cushing, and one sister Mrs. Ella Beck of Kelso, Wash- ington. Burial will be made in the Fair- lawn cemetery. Elk City Newspaper 19 Feb 1934