Beckham County, OK - Obits: Dr. W. C. Threldkeld, 1930
Monday, 26 January 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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THRELDKELD, W. C.
(14 Aug 1930, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Lee Powell, local ginner and cotton merchant, returning Saturday night
with his wife and other relatives from a visit in Colorado, reported that
in passing through Walsenberg, Colorado, last Friday he learned of an
automobile accident near that city in which Dr. W. C. Threldkeld,
physician and surgeon of Sweetwater, had received serious injuries that
may prove fatal.  According to informants of Mr. Powell the Doctor was en
route to Wyoming in his automobile to return Mrs. Threldkeld to the home
in Sweetwater following a visit there.  The story is told that the Doctor
was in a wreck with another car which he attempted to pass and in doing so
his car came upon a road grader on the highway into which he crashed with
such force that his car was thrown clear over the road machine and in the
crash he received a crushed chest and several broken ribs.
He was at once removed to a hospital in the Colorado town where he was
reported to be in a critical condition late Tuesday night according to a
telegram received here Tuesday by Tom Smith, a tenant on the Threldkeld
farm near Sweetwater.
(21 Aug 1930, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
REMAINS TO ADA FOR INTERMENT
The remains of Dr. W. C. Threldkeld, pioneer physician of Sweetwater, who
died last Friday in Walsenberg, Colorado, following injuries received near
that place August 8, when the automobile driven by him was in collision
with a road grader, were brought to this city by rail Sunday and conveyed
overland, by Guy Fatheree, local funeral director, to the home in
Sweetwater where funeral services were held.
Following services there the body was returned here and put aboard the
east bound train Sunday night for shipment to Ada, the final resting
place.

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