Obit of Lucy J. Pitcher (p326) - Caddo County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Lillian Cotten 21 Oct 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Originally Posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xZB.2ACI/43.46.49.2.2.1 The Carnegie Herald, Wed., August 19, 1953 Mother Pitcher, 84 Dies Saturday A.M. Rites Were Monday Mother Lucy J. Pitcher, 84 years old, died at 4:50 a.m. Saturday. While feeble, she was in her usual good health until she fell and fractured her hip July 13. Services were at 10 a.m. Monday in the Methodist church with Rev. Roy C. Rowlan preaching the sermon and Rev. Harry Hubbard of Clinton assisting. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard sang a duet. Burial was in the Carnegie cemetery. Lucy J. Green was born in Bremer county, Iowa, Oct. 7, 1869. She was married to Frank M. Pitcher May 1, 1889. They came to Oklahoma in 1902 and located at Weatherford where they lived four years before coming to Carnegie. This has been the family home since. Mr. Pitcher died April 9, 1936. Mrs. Pitcher was a member of the Methodist church and was active until her health failed. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. W.C. Campbell, and a son, Clyde A. Pitcher, of this place; a sister, Mrs. Daisy Oberdiear, Plainfield, Iowa, and a brother, Jim Green, New York City. Also surviving are four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Among those from a distance here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Goodwin and Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Goodwin of Anadarko; Mrs. Claude Brown, Duke; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Campbell, Lawton, and Mrs. Ed Houchin and Mrs. Chester Bishop, Oklahoma City. The Carnegie Herald, Wed, November 2, 1924 Mrs. Claude Brown Dies Suddenly In Hospital Mrs. Claude Brown of Duke, formerly of this place, died in an Altus hospital Sunday evening, following the birth of a daughter early Sunday. Her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Pitcher, were at the bedside. She had been resting well Sunday afternoon and her change for the worse was sudden and unexpected. The body was shipped to Carnegie for interment in the Carnegie cemetery. Funeral services were conducted at the chapel Tuesday at 2 o'clock, Rev. W.A.R. Lovell officiating and Rev. Geo. C. Hutto assisting in the service. The local Eastern Star chapter of which Mrs. Brown was a member conducted the chapter funeral ceremony at the cemetery. Hazel Mina Pitcher was born at Plainfield, Iowa, May 29, 1896, died at the city hospital, Altus, Okla., November 2, 1924, age 28 years, 5 months and 3 days. She came with her parents to Carnegie seventeen years ago. She was married to Claude Brown January 22, 1915, at Carnegie. To this union two daughters were born, both of whom survive--Jeraldine, 8 years old, and an infant babe. Besides the husband and daughters she is survived by her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Pitcher; a sister, Mrs. W.C. Campbell; and a brother, C.A. Pitcher. Mrs. Brown professed religion early in life and became a member of the Methodist church. She was active in church work here and at Duke where the family has lived for the past two years and where Mr. Brown is cashier of the Buke bank. Several families from Duke in the southwest part of the state made the trip to Carnegie to attend the funeral, friends in their new home joining in sorrow with friends here who have known Claude and Hazel since childhood. --------------------------------------------------------------------