Beckham County, OK - Obits: Lydia C. Peck, 1911
Thursday, 18 Sep 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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PECK, LYDIA C.
(6 Dec 1911, Wednesday,  Elk City Record, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Died.  Mrs. L. C. Peck died at the home of his (sic) daughter, Mrs. A. L.
Heibert two miles north west of town Tuesday, age 80 years.
Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday conducted by Rev. B. G.
Taylor.  Interment at Merritt cemetery.
(13 Dec 1911, Wednesday, Elk City Record, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Mrs. Lydia Peck was born at Johnston, New York, September 20, 1831.  She
married Charles J. Peck of Gloversville, New York, June 27, 1866.  They
came to Morris County, Kansas, in the winter of 1871, to make a home in
the then new west.  To this union there was born one child, Mrs. A. L.
Heibert.  Mrs. Peck was first a member of the Lutheran church but when she
came to Kansas there was no Lutheran church near her and she united with
the Presbyterian church.  She came to Oklahoma with her daughter in 1908
and settled about a mile and a half north of Elk City, where she died on
December 5, 1911, and was laid to rest in Elk City cemetery.  She was a
loyal member of the church and always attended until old age and ill
health came upon her as she was eighty years of age when she died.  At one
time she was superintendent of two Sunday schools at the same time; one in
the forenoon and the other in the afternoon, and also President of the
Christian Endeavor.  A large crowd of friends gathered for the funeral
services which were held in the home by her pastor, Rev. B. G. Taylor on
the afternoon of Dec. 6, 1911.

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