Beckham County, OK - Obits: Roseanna Murkin, 1922
Saturday, 06 Sep 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MURKIN, ROSEANNA
(16 Feb 1922, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
GRANDMA MURKIN DEAD
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Snyder received a letter from Ford Murkin, of
Washington, Iowa, but formerly of Grimes, Okla., telling of the death of
his mother.  She lived with her son in Grimes neighborhood for ten years
and made a large circle of friends who loved and respected her and all
will regret to learn of her death.  The following is from the Washington,
Iowa, paper:
MRS. MURKIN DIES AT HOSPITAL TODAY
Death Early This Morning Follows Operation - Was 82 Years of Age.
Mrs. Roseanna Murkin, aged 82 years, of 1026 East Second street, died at
2:10 this morning at the county hospital, after a brief illness.  She
became ill January 20 and was taken to the county hospital for an
operation in the hope that it would afford relief, but her death occurred
there this morning.
Private funeral services will be held at the L. M. Meek home on East
Washington street Saturday afternoon at 2:30 and will be conducted by Rev.
M. R. Regan of the Baptist church.  Friends will please omit flowers.  The
casket will be opened for the benefit of friends at the Goodin funeral
parlors on Friday.  Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery.
Roseanna Showalter was born at Wooster, Ohio, December 26, 1839, and was a
daughter of Daniel and Catherine (McKaron) Showalter, who moved to
Washington when she was five years of age.  Her home has been here ever
since, but she spent 10 years with her son in Oklahoma at one time.
She was married September 23, 1865 to James Murkin, who died here March
22, 1887.  They had two children, Mrs. L. M. Meek, who died November 5,
1885, and Ford Murkin, of Washington.  She was the oldest of a family of
six children, the others being Mrs. Mary Ogden of Burwell, Nebr.; Benjamin
F. Showalter and William C. Showalter of Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. W. W.
Riggs of Fowler, Colo.; and Isaac Showalter, deceased.  Mrs. Murkin also
leaves one granddaughter, Miss Hazel Meek of Washington.
Mrs. Murkin was a member of the Baptist church.  Her membership was not
merely nominal, but she was genuinely and actively interested in her
church and in the cause of Christianity.  She enjoyed a wide acquaintance
in the community and was known and loved by hundreds of Washington people.
 Her life was devoted to others.  She was always ready and willing to
sacrifice her own comfort for those who were suffering or in need.  Mrs.
Murkin was one of the three surviving charter members of the Washington
chapter of the Women's Relief Corps.  She was the oldest member of the
local Baptist church, having been connected with that congregation in
1854.

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