Beckham County, OK - Obits: Mary Ellen Deal, 1923
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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DEAL, MARY ELLEN
(20 Dec 1923, Thursday, Elk City Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
MOTHER DIED.  Roy and Homer Deal were called to their parents home north
of Clinton, last week because of the illness of their mother.  She passed
away Sunday morning.  Supt. Steel and several teachers went over to attend
the funeral but arrived at the home too late.  An obituary will be found
elsewhere.
DEATH OF MRS. E. F. DEAL
Mary Ellen Berry was born at Missoun Valley, Iowa, August 5th, 1871, and
died at her home north of Clinton, Okla., Sunday morning at 3 o'clock
A.M., December 16, 1923 at the age of 52 years, 4 months and 11 days.  She
was married to E. F. Deal, December 5, 1891.  To this union were born five
children, three of whom are living.  The first born, a boy, died at the
age of two and a half years.  The second, the only girl, now Mrs. S. B.
Porter, is living at the father's home near Clinton, where she has been
tenderly caring for her mother for the past three months.  The third
child, Roy B. Deal is teacher of Science and athletics in Elk City High
School.  The fourth child died in infancy.  The youngest, Homer L. Deal,
is here living with his brother taking his senior work in our High school.
Mrs. Deal who had been bed fast, or nearly so, for over five months,
passed very quietly away after what appeared to be a quiet continuous
prayer.  This fact, coupled with the remembrance that she was always
faithful, loyal and especially desirous that her children do the right
thing at all times, helps console those who were forced to be separated
from their mother so early in life.  She had been a member of the Baptist
church, since 1903.  It is said that sickness is the only thing that ever
caused her to miss a meeting at her church.
The bereaved relatives have the sympathy of the many friends.

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