Beckham County, OK - Deaths: June Gill, 1930
14 Feb 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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GILL, JUNE
(29 Nov 1930, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Shortly before she was to have gotten off a train here on her return from
Oklahoma City where she spent Thanksgiving with her son Charles Carpenter
and his family, Mrs. June Gill, 69, mother of Frank Carpenter of this
city, was found dead by the conductor of the westbound Rock Island which
was due here at 4:55 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Physicians attribute the inopportune death of Mrs. Gill to heart trouble. 
By the apparent preparations which the city woman had made with her
packages and bags, it is thought that her death occurred only a few
minutes before the train reached Elk City.  Too, the conductor states that
he had conversed with her only a short time previously.
The death of Mrs. Gill was not noticed until the conductor went to assist
the woman in leaving the train.  She seemingly was in good health when she
left her son in Oklahoma City, he informed when notified of his mother's
death.  The arrival of Mrs. Gill here was unexpected.  She was to have
called her son here upon her arrival, the Oklahoma City man informed.
Lived Here Four Years.
Mrs. Gill has resided in this city for the past four years since the death
of her husband, J. R. Gill, in Moline, Kansas.  She was residing in an
apartment at 817 West Third street.  She had become well known in the
years of her residence here, being active in the affairs of the First
Methodist Episcopal church and the Eastern Star order.
Mrs. Gill lived in Moline for about 40 years prior to her coming to this
city.  She was born in Janesville, Wis., June 16, 1861.  When a child she
moved with her parents to Medicine Lodge, Kans., where she was married to
J. H. Carpenter and later moved to Moline, Kansas.  After the death of Mr.
Carpenter she was married to Mr. Gill.
Three children survive Mrs. Gill.  Besides the two sons, there is a
daughter Mrs. Gertrude Jose, of Golconda, Nevada.  A sister, Mrs. J. E.
Pruitt of San Francisco, California also survives.
Funeral arrangement are pending the arrival of Mr. Carpenter from Oklahoma
City and messages from the daughter and sister in the West.
The body is at the Grubitz and Son funeral home.
(1 Dec 1930, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Funeral services for Mrs. June Gill, 69, who died Friday on a train from
Oklahoma City to this city, were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
the First Methodist Episcopal church.  Rev. A. S. Kattner read the final
rites.
Mrs. Gill is the mother of Frank Carpenter of this city.  She resided here
for the past four years, coming here from Moline, Kans., after the death
of her husband.  Besides her son in this city, she is survived by a son,
Charles Carpenter of Oklahoma City, and a daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Jose, of
Golconda, Nevada.  Mrs. Jose was unable to attend the funeral services
here today.
Grubitz & Son, funeral directors, were in charge.

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