Beckham County, OK - Obits: Christian J. Puettgen, 1928
Saturday, 27 Sep 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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PUETTGEN, CHRISTIAN J.
(13 Dec 1928, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
FORMER ELK CITY PIONEER DIED IN COFFEYVILLE
Word was received from Mrs. E. L. Collins of Coffeyville, Kansas,
containing the message of the death of Christian J. Puettgen, former
resident of Elk City, who died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Pauline
Collins, Coffeyville, Kansas, on November 24, 1928.
Mr. Puettgen had lived in Coffeyville for the last six years but came to
Beckham county in pioneer days in the year 1891.  He homesteaded on Timber
Creek and for years he raised sheep and cattle.  He left in 1915 and lived
with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Welter of El Reno, Okla., for seven years. 
Mr. Puettgen was born in Aldorf, Prussia, eighty-two years ago.  He
enjoyed good health until within four months of his death which was caused
by carcinoma of the stomach and liver.  The interment was made in Fairview
cemetery in Coffeyville, Kansas.
Relatives who were with him at the time of his death were:  Mrs. Gertrude
Blum of Nowata, Okla., Mrs. Matilda Guest of Mexia, Texas, Mrs. Helen
Walter of El Reno, Okla., and Mrs. Pauline Collins.

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