Obit of Rachel E. Briscoe (b620) - Caddo County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandy Miller  <skmiller@webtv.net > 1 Nov 2000  
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Surnames: Briscoe, Evans, Kolar, Topetchy, Mann, Downing, Methvin, Buzbee 

Rachel E. Briscoe
August 16, 1987

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday 18-Aug-1987 at the 
Anadarko Presbyterian Church for Rachel E. Briscoe, 91, of Anadarko 
who died 16-Aug-1987 at the Anadarko Municipal Hospital. Officiating 
at the service was the Rev. Glenwood Buzbee, pastor. Burial was in 
Anadarko's Memory Lane Cemetery under the direction of the Steverson 
Funeral Home of Anadarko.

Mrs. Briscoe was born 25-Sep-1895 near Verden, Caddo county, 
Oklahoma Territory. She married Wendell F. Briscoe 15-Dec-1915 in 
Anadarko with the Rev. J.J. Methvin officiating. She attended 
Anadarko High School and was the last surviving member of the 
school's 1914 graduating class. She later attended the former 
Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha, Grady county, Ok. She was a 
past worthy matron of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was also an 
active member of Amaranth and a lifetime helper in the Order of the 
Rainbow Girls' Assembly. She was a member of the Philomathic Club 
and the Anadarko Presbyterian Church where she had formerly served 
many years as church organist.

Survivors include her husband of the home; one son, Francis Briscoe 
of Ardmore, Ok.; one daughter, Winona Evans of Oklahoma City, Ok.; 
three sisters, Pearl Kolar of Binger, Ok., Rena Topetchy of 
Gracemont, Ok., and Thelma Mann of Oklahoma City, Ok.; one brother, 
Ernest Downing of Oklahoma City, Ok.; two grandsons; two great 
grandchildren; one niece, and two nephews.