Beckham County, OK - Obits:  Sarah Eelizabeth (Long) Trissel, 1944
Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Submitted by:  sayrepl1@sayre.lib.ok.us  (Stacy Akins)
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TRISSEL, SARAH ELIZABETH [LONG]

B. 14 Oct 1866
D. 29 Mar 1944
Sayre-Doxey Cemetery
Beckkam Co., OK

  Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Elizabeth Trisell who died at her
home northwest of Sayre Wednes-
day, were held Sunday afternoon
at the First Baptist church with
Rev. W. T. Cost officiating.
  Mrs. Trissel was a pioneer of
western Oklahoma and had made
her home in the vicinity since 1900.
  She was a member of the Baptist
church and had been active in all
church work during her lifetime.
  She is survived by her daugh--
ter Mrs. Hattie Thetford and five
sons. Vern of Willow, Charles of
Elk City, John of California, Wal-
ter of Sayre and Earl of Oklahoma
City.
  Bearers of the service were
Enoch Barker, Homer Bohannan,
Grafton Stringer, Clan Fuchs,
Riley Grisham and Houston
Thompson.
  Interment was in the Sayre-
Doxey cemetery by the Littrell-
Scroggins Funeral home.

Sayre Sun  6 Apr 1944

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Long
Trissell, 77, was born on October
14, 1866 and departed from this
life at 10"35 Wednesday, March
29, 1944
  She was married on September 
1, 1891 to W. C. Trissell in Dayton,
Ohio.
  To this union were born seven 
children, one girl and husband,
preceeded her in death,  The oth-
er six are; Vern Trissell of Willow
Oklahoma, Charlie Trissell of Elk
City, Oklahoma; John Tressell of
Linnell, California, Walter Tris-
sell of Sayre, Mrs. Hattie Thet-
ford of Sayre and Earl Trissell of
Oklahoma City.  She had thirteen
grand children and four great
grand children.  Only one grand
child in the United States Army.
  She left Ohio in 1895 going to
Tennessee and staying two years.
>From there they moved to Willow,
Oklahoma, where they home-
steaded a farm and lived there
until 1907.  They moved southwest
of Sayre where she resided at the
time of her death.
  In July 1940, she was stricken
with paralysis.

Sayre Daily Headlight Journal  4 Apr 1944

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