Obit of Bertha Grim Failing (f452) - Craig County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sally Goff 20 May 2001 Return to Craig County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/craig/craig.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: Failing, Colclazier, Roberson, Grimm, Hitchcock, Wilda, Brown Published in the Miami News-Record Miami OK 27 Dec 1976 Mrs. Bertha Lee Failing, 73, of Bluejacket Route 1, was dead on arrival at Bradshaw Memorial Hospital, Miami, after she was injured in a two-car crash south of Welch at 1:50 p.m. Friday. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol district headquarters in Vinita, Mrs. Failing failed to yield at a stop sign at the intersection of State Highways 2 and 25 some 10 miles north of Vinita and approximately six miles south of Welch. Her car was struck by an auto driven by Delbert J. Rentfrow, 36, of Prairie Village, Kan., who was traveling south on Highway 2. Officers said the Failing car pulled into the intersection in front of him. Rentfrow was not injured. Mrs. Failing, who moved to rural Bluejacket seven years ago from Pawnee, Okla., was born May 16, 1903, in Roger Mills county, Okla. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Shattuck, Okla. She is survived by her husband Orville Failing, of the home: three sons, Orville Lee Failing, Jr., Jack Failing, and Ted Failing; two daughters, Mrs. Betty Carl Cloclazier, and Mrs. Pasty Roberson; a brother Lloyd Grimm; three sisters, Mrs. Hazel Hitchcock and Mrs. Sally Wilda, and Mrs. Carrie Brown; 11 grandchildren, and several great grandchildren. Services were held at 10 a.m. today in the Thomas funeral home chapel, Welch, with Minister Jack Treffinger officating. Graveside rites were to be held at 3 p.m. today in the Red Rock, Okla., cemetery. Pallbearers were Harold Horton, Gary Greenwood, Everett Colclazier, Sherman Beehler, David Osborn and Leon Roberson. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Craig County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/craig/craig.html