Beckham County, OK - Obits: Grace Derry, 1925
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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DERRY, GRACE
(5 May 1925, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
GRACE BLACKBURN DERRY.  Former Bethany Woman Passed Away in Wichita, Kansas.
Bethany relatives and friends were saddened last Saturday morning when it
was learned that Mrs. Grace Blackburn Derry formerly of this city, has
passed away Friday night, April 17, in Wichita, Kan., after a short
illness.
Her sister, Mrs. Robt. H. Dunn, received a message Friday morning that
Grace was seriously sick and hastened to her bedside but did not reach
Wichita until several hours after her death.
Mr. and Mrs. Derry had been in Wichita a few months, where they had a
business, but their home for many years has been in El Reno, Okla.  Mrs.
Derry had not been well for several years but her condition was not
considered so serious until just a few hours before her death.
The body, accompanied by her husband, A. L. Derry, sister, Mrs. R. H.
Dunn, and brother, W. L. Blackburn of Elk City, Okla., a niece, Mrs. Madge
Kelley of St. Joseph, arrived in Bethany Monday noon.  Another sister,
Mrs. Joe Prentiss of St. Joseph, arrived in Bethany Saturday morning.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of R. H. Dunn Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 by Rev. Clyde S. Sherman of the Christian church.  Music was
furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. J. G. Hinkle, S. M. Haas, Mrs. W.
M. Planck and A. G. Crane, with Mrs. Wm. Hampton at the piano.  Burial in
Miriam cemetery.
Grace Blackburn Derry, youngest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Blackburn,
was born in Bethany, April 16, 1872, and passed away Friday, April 17,
1925, in Wichita, Kan. at the age of 53 years and 1 day.  She was an
active worker of the First Christian church in El Reno, Okla. and a
tireless worker in the business world.  She and her husband had conducted
several very successful business enterprises and much credit of the
success was due to her ingenuity and personality.
Besides the husband, brother and sisters mentioned, she is survived by two
adopted sons (twins), who were taken in the home when very young and were
given love and care that she would have given her own.  - Bethany (Mo.)
Clipper.

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