Obit of Edgar William Swank (s520) - Caddo County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandy Miller 6 Apr 2000 Return to Caddo County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/caddo/caddo.html ==================================================================== 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Surnames: Swank Edgar William Swank 11-Feb-1928 PROMINENT CITIZEN DIES SUDDENLY SATURDAY, 11th Edgar Wm. Swank was born in Missouri near Jonesburg, Aug. 12, 1871, and died at Anadarko, Okla., Feb. 11, 1928. His boyhood life was spent on a farm. After finishing high school he entered a commercial school at St. Louis, Mo., where he studied and taught for several years. The remaining years of his life were spent in school work, having taught at Knoxville, Ill., Oshkosh, Wis, Effingham, Kansas, and Liberty, Mo. In the fall of 1921 he entered the Indian service at Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, and was transferred to Anadarko in August, 1922, where he worked as day school inspector at the Kiowa Indian Agency. He leaves to mourn his going his wife, two daughters, Dorothy, who is teaching at Picher, Okla., and Marion, who is in school at Stillwater, Okla., and one son, Robert of Anadarko. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church Monday morning at 10 a.m., conducted by Rev. Sam D. Taylor and Rev. G.A. Chatfield. Interment was in the Anadarko Cemetery with Farmer & Grimmett in charge of arrangements. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Caddo County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/caddo/caddo.html