Beckham County, OK - Obits: Magdalene Steele, 1930
Friday, 12 December 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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STEELE, MAGDALENE
(4 Sep 1930, Thursday, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Funeral services were held for Magdalene Steele, 35, at the Methodist
church in this city Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. T. N.
Weeks and Rev. A. J. Bradshaw officiating.
Miss Steele became ill in Oklahoma City last Thursday while visiting her
sister there.  A hemorrhage of the brain was the cause of her death. 
Attending physicians in the hospital where she was confined hinted that
she could not live for more than a few days after she became ill.  In
order that she might be at home before her death, Dr. Steele accompanied
the Littrell-Moore ambulance to the city and brought Miss Steele to her
home here.  The ambulance arrived in Sayre at 4 o'clock Monday and she
lived until about eight o'clock that evening.
At the time of her death, Miss Steele was thirty-five years of age.  She
was born November 27, 1895 in Danville, Illinois.  She attended school in
Danville and Hartshorn in the early part of her life.  At a very early age
Miss Steele was stricken with infantile paralysis and remained a cripple
throughout her entire life.
In 1918 Miss Steele moved with her family to Berlin where they lived until
four years ago when they moved to Sayre.  Since coming to Sayre she has
become a member of the Eastern Star and Rebekah lodges.  She has been a
faithful worker in the Methodist church during the past few years.
Those who survive Miss Steele are as follows:  her parents, Dr. and Mrs.
J. M. Steele, her brother, Rev. Tom Steele of Sayre, and three sisters,
Miss Kathleen Steele of Sayre, Mrs. Camilla Bader of Edenburg, Texas and
Miss Elizabeth Steele of Oklahoma City.  Beside the immediate family she
leaves a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives.  One sister,
Mrs. Mae Chapman died a few years ago at her home near Berlin and two
brothers died in infancy.
Burial was made in the Sayre-Doxey cemetery following the service
Wednesday afternoon.  Littrell-Moore funeral directors were in charge.

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