Beckham County, OK - Obits: Ella Conner, 1923
Saturday, 15 Dec 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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CONNER, ELLA
(23 Jan 1923, Elk City News Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
MRS. H. W. CONNER
Ella Halferty was born in Clinton county, Missouri, December 24, 1859 and
departed this life, January 22, 1923, being 64 years and 28 days old.  She
was united in the hold bonds of matrimony to Thomas Duncan in 1878; to
this union five daughters were born, four of which have preceded her to
the Great Beyond leaving only one, Mrs. Lela Halda of Kansas City,
Missouri, who was with her mother during her last hours.
After the death of her husband, Mr. Duncan, she came to Oklahoma in 1903
and in 1904 was married to H. W. Conner of the Pixlee neighborhood, who
mourns the loss of his companion.
Mrs. Conner had suffered more or less for several years, but never
complained at her lot.  She was a talented and energetic woman, always
taking interest in local affairs and at the time of her death, was serving
as school director, also a correspondent for the News Democrat and above
all she knew how to keep a home and how to cook.
The deceased was a believer in the Christian religion, being a member of
the Baptist church, always letting her light shine daily by doing good
deeds and returning good for evil.  Her life is one long to be remembered
by those who knew her.  While she is gone, we are sure that the world was
made better and richer by her having lived in it.
The remains of Mrs. Connor were shipped to Kansas City, Mo. for interment
being accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Lela Halda and grand-daughter,
Miss Ruth Carpenter.
Besides her husband and only daughter she leaves to mourn her loss, two
sisters, Mrs. Cora Jones of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Ada Newmas of
Freeman, Mo., also a brother, Stoney Halferty of Liberty, Mo., and a
number of grandchildren.