Beckham County, OK - Obits: Bert L. Zimmerman, 1919
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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ZIMMERMAN, BERT L.
(2 Jan 1919, Southwest Press, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
B. L. ZIMMERMAN DIES
Prominent Elk City Man Victim of Influenza
Word was received last Saturday evening of the death of B. L. Zimmerman at
the St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City.  Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman had been
to Yale, Okla., to attend Mr. Zimmerman's brother's illness and funeral. 
Both contracted the flu while there, and while Mrs. Zimmerman rallied, her
husband died with pneumonia.
Mr. Zimmerman was a big ranchman of near Berlin, and bought heavily in the
broom corn at this market.
E. I. Cutler and L. A. Ballard of this city were in attendance at the
funeral last Monday at Oklahoma City.  The remains were laid to rest in
Fairlawn cemetery (Oklahoma City).
Mrs. Zimmerman was last reported better, and her many friends wish her a
speedy recovery from the last illness and great shock.
(2 Jan 1919, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
B. L. ZIMMERMAN DIES IN OKLAHOMA CITY
Bert L. Zimmerman, a well known broom corn man, who has been in Elk City
for some time, and who has been making this place his headquarters for
several years, died at Oklahoma City last Saturday afternoon after an
illness of a week from pneumonia.
The news of his death came as a shock to his many friends here.  He was
one who made friends wherever he went, was of a jovial happy nature, one
of earth's noblemen.  Messrs. Cutler and Ballard went to Oklahoma City to
attend the funeral.
B. L. Zimmerman
B. L. Zimmerman was born August 28, 1881, near LaBelle, Mo., and passed
beyond December 28, 1918, age 37 years and 4 months.  He was the second
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Zimmerman of Fairview, Okla.  Of a family of
three children he is the first to go.  His eldest brother, Roy, lives in
Burns, Wyo., and the youngest, Earl, in Cheyenne, Wyo.
On October 28, 1914, he was married to Miss Jessie Davis of Oklahoma City
and took his young bride to Elk City where they lived most of the time.
Bert, as he was familiarly called, was a well known broom corn buyer of
Elk City.  For the past ten years he made this his home during the broom
corn season, consequently he made a large number of acquaintances, and was
known as a man of honorable dealings and business qualities.
They were called to Oklahoma City less than two weeks ago by the death of
her father.  On account of her taking the "flu" she was unable to attend
the funeral of her father or even see him, and the devoted husband was so
kind and attentive in her sorrow.  In just two days his condition
indicated symptoms of the "flu" and when they were both so sick, it was
for his wife he expressed so much anxiety.  Christmas eve he was taken to
the hospital where he received every care human aid could give, but he
passed on Saturday at four P.M.
The funeral services were held Monday at 3:30 P.M. and burial was in the
Fairlawn Cemetery at Oklahoma City.  E. J. Cutler and L. A. Ballard of Elk
City, with other broom corn men of Oklahoma City, whom he knew, acted as
pall bearers.

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