Beckham County, OK - Obits: Pearl Tedrowe, 1913
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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TEDROWE, PEARL
(17 Jul 1913, Thursday, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Mrs. Tedrowe, wife of Dr. C. W. Tedrowe, of Elk City died last Thursday
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock while under the influence of drugs administered
for the purpose of performing a surgical operation.  The remains were
shipped to Indiana, her former home, for burial.
(17 Jul 1913, Elk City Record, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
The entire town and surrounding community were plunged into sudden gloom
when the dread words were whispered about last Thursday afternoon, July
10th, from the Frances Hospital that Mrs. Tedrowe is dead.  Such was her
spirit, that none but her most intimate friends knew that a serious and
almost hopeless operation was inevitable.  While all knew that she had not
been strong for months, still none even dreamed what agonies she was
enduring.  She always wore a smile and had a friendly word for all,
keeping her sufferings to herself for fear of casting a shadow of gloom on
any of her friends.
Her influence over the boys and young men was marvelous; her every thought
was of them and for them; her home, their home; their joys and sorrows,
hers.
In February of this year, the need grew so great in the city for a Young
Men's Co-Operative Sunday School Class, that at the request and promise of
a club room, from the pastor of the M. E. Church South, she took charge of
and organized the Y.M.C.C. that will, though she was taken from them at
the beginning of their work, be a wonderful power for good through years
to come.
Mrs. Pearl Tedrowe (nee Simms) was born February 22nd, 1876, was married
at Indianapolis, Indiana, to Dr. C. W. Tedrowe, September 28, 1893.  To
them was born two children, John on November 1, 1894,  Josephine on
December 1, 1895, who died June 11, 1896.
They moved from Indianapolis to Cheyenne, Oklahoma about 1900, where they
lived until five years ago, when they moved to Elk City, where they have
lived since.
She joined the Presbyterian church when young and has been a faithful
Christian through life.
She underwent an operation July 10th at 1 o'clock p.m. for abdominal
adhesion, surviving only a short time, dying at 5:30, the same day.
A brief, though impressive service was held at the home at midnight,
attended by a host of loving friends, and her class of boys where she was
taken at her request for the last time.
The remains were taken to Indianapolis for burial, the same night,
accompanied by the bereaved husband and mother.  She leaves behind to
mourn her husband, Dr. C. W. Tedrowe, a son John, who could not be with
her at the last but met the remains at their destination,  her mother Mrs.
Simms of Blackwell, Oklahoma, two sisters and one brother.
May God's richest blessings and comforting hand, rest on the sorrowing
loved ones.

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