Beckham County, OK - Obits: Joetta Askew, 1923
01 Aug 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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ASKEW, JOETTA
(25 Jan 1923, Thursday, Elk City News Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Mrs. Walter Askew Dead.
Mrs. Joetta Askew, wife of Walter Askew, died at her home 9 miles
southeast of Foss at 5:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, death being due to
pneumonia.  She was sick about a week and her condition was serious from
the start of her illness.  The funeral service was held at North Burns at
3:30 Wednesday and burial was in North Burns cemetery.
Before her marriage to Walter Askew in Montague county, Texas, Mrs. Askew
was Miss Joetta Stephens and was born in Texas about 50 years ago.  She
was a member of the Christian church.
The deceased leaves to mourn her departure, the husband; six sons, Emmet
of Oklahoma City; Will of North Burns community; Ed, Jess, Donald and
Glenn all at home; two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Read of Cordell and Mrs.
Ira Bocock of Freedom; father, Wiley Stephens of North Burns; two
brothers, Will of Dill and James; three sisters, Mrs. Joe Garrett of
Butler, Mrs. Arch Leverton of North Burns and Mrs. John Harrill, whose
home is in eastern Oklahoma.