Beckham County, OK - Obits: Jessie Beatrice Kidwill, 1921
09 June 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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KIDWILL, JESSIE BEATRICE
(21 Jul 1921, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
DEATH CLAIMS NOBLE WOMAN OF CITY.
Mrs. Jessie Beatrice Kidwill died at her home in Elk City, Tuesday
morning, after an illness of several weeks from typhoid fever.  Funeral
services were held at the Church of Christ at 2:30 p.m., yesterday
afternoon, where a large number of friends and relatives gathered to pay
their last respects to this noble woman.
The deceased was the daughter of P. C. and Mollie Pinkerton, was born
February 4th, 1877 and died July 19, 1921, aged 44 years, 5 months and 15
days.  She was married to H. Kidwill at New Castle, Okla., and five
children were born of this union, two having preceeded her.  Those left to
mourn are:  Ethel, Calva and Frances, also three brothers and two sisters,
L. D. Pinkerton, Elk City; P. A. Pinkerton, Delores, Colo.; P. C.
Pinkerton, Tuttle, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Leona VanHorn, Hitchett,
Okla., and Mrs. Ella Hill of Eastern Oklahoma.
Mrs. Kidwill became a christian when a young woman and has been a member
of the Church of Christ for over twenty years.  She was a faithful
follower of her Master, a devoted mother, always striving to lead her
children aright and teach them to love the Good Shepherd who had ever been
her comfort and solace.  She came to Elk City about twenty years ago,
undergoing the early day experiences, but made many friends by her many
acts of kindness and helpful words and was highly esteemed by all who knew
her.
She was possessed of a strong and loving heart, always mindful of others. 
She lived a life without ostentation, with no desire or ambition but to do
good, to love and serve those who came in contact with her, and may we
emulate her virtues, and live with the high and lofty aspirations in our
hearts that ever characterized her life.
Her death sleep told of a calm and peaceful rest.  Being dead, she yet
speaks to those left behind, through the influence of a life dedicated to
things highest and best.
The interment was made at East Fairlawn, the grave having been neatly
prepared by Grubitz & Son, and as the beautiful casket was lowered into
its bed chamber blended were the thoughts of all of the going of loved
ones from a world of sorrow and disappointment to the one of light and
bliss.
(22 Jul 1921, Elk City Press, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
JESSIE BEATRICE KIDWILL
The death of Jessie Kidwill occurred Tuesday, July 19, at 3:30 a.m. after
a long illness of typhoid fever.  Mrs. Kidwill was forty-four years old,
and was born the fourth day of February, 1877, in Kansas.  She was the
daughter of Mrs. Mollie Pinkerton, an old resident in this section.
She was married to Hershel Kidwill in 1896, and five children were born,
two dying in infancy, and leaving three daughters, Ethel, Calvie and
Francis.
Funeral services occurred at the Church of Christ Wednesday at 2 p.m.,
Rev. Carmen preaching the funeral sermon to a large crowd of relatives and
friends.  Interment was in East Fairlawn, Grubitz and Son in charge.

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