Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Cordelia Lyng, 1925
29 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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LYNG, CORDELIA
(11 Jun 1925, Elk City News Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
MRS. WALTER LYNK (sic) KILLED BY TRAIN.
Mrs. Walter Lyng was instantly killed about sixty miles east of St. Louis
last Wednesday when the car in which she was riding was struck by a
locomotive.  Mrs. Lyng has never been here but her husband is well known
in this community and his sister Mrs. G. E. Pinkerton and brother Olla
Lyng both live here.  Details of the accident are lacking at this time but
we will undoubtedly be able to give a more complete account later.
(18 Jun 1925 Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
(From the Bonne Terre (Missouri) News:)
Mrs. Lyng Fatally Hurt In Bus Accident Buried at Bonne Terre, Sunday.
The funeral of Mrs. W. W. Lyng, who was killed when the bus in which she
was riding was struck by a Missouri-Pacific train at Pevely, Mo., June
4th, was held at the Congregational Church at 2:30 Sunday afternoon and
was conducted by Rev. F. V. Stevens, pastor of the church.  The body was
laid to rest in the Bonne Terre cemetery.
The deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Francis, of Bonne
Terre, and was born in Bonne Terre February 21, 1893.  She attended school
in that city and was also a member of the Congregational church.
She received training in the St. Louis hospitals for the profession of
nursing and practiced this profession for about nine years.
She was united in marriage to W. W. Lyng at Wilson, Okla., Oct. 3, 1921. 
Her last home was at Lyman, Okla., where her husband is in the drug
business.
When the news of the Mrs. Lyng's tragic death reached Bonne Terre a deep
gloom was cast over the entire community.  Cordelia Francis was known and
loved for her sunny disposition and during her nine years of service as a
nurse she was constantly giving comfort and advice and ministering to
those in need.  So much has come to those she knew and loved through her
life of service to others that her kind, loving words and noble deeds will
live on; and her memory will remain through the years to come.  She was a
noble character; gentle, kind, affectionate and sincere.  The hundreds of
friends that gathered at the home, the large funeral and the floral
offerings spoke the love and esteem in which Mrs. Lyng was held in Bonne
Terre.  In her passing her friends have sustained the loss of a true and
Christian character, a kind and loving friend and the family have lost a
loving and obedient daughter, the husband a devoted wife and the brothers
and sisters a loyal and affectionate sister.
We extend to them heartfelt sympathy in their great sorrow.

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