Garfield Co. - Obit for Mrs. Beulah Mahaffey

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Obit for Mrs. Beulah Mahaffey


Mrs. Beulah Mahaffey
Mrs. Beulah Rosmond Horton Mahaffey,
long time Goltry resident, died early
Saturday morning (September 6, 1975)
in an Enid nursing home after an illness of
several months.

The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday
in the Brown Funeral Home Chapel with
James W. Hoffsomer officiating.  Burial will
follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Daughter of J. George and Ida D. Johnson
Hoffsommer, she was born near Roxburry,
Kan. Oct. 11, 1894.  In Aug. 1899, she
moved to Oklahoma with her mother in a
covered wagon.  She attended Hillsdale
schools and graduated from Enid High
School in 1914.  She received a state
life teacher's diploma after completing a
course at the State Normal School, Alva
in May 1917 and taught in Garfield and
Alfalfa counties many years.

On Feb. 26, 1919, she married Everett
Horton, who died Dec. 29, 1929.  Their
children are Loren G. Horton, Houston,
TX; Mrs. Joe (Wanda) Vance, Hillsdale,
and Mrs. Alan (Elva Rose) Smith, Altus.

On May 28, 1940, she marrid Leo V.
Mahaffey of Goltry, who died Sept 22,
1974.

Survivors along with her children are
brothers and a sister, Harley E. Hoffsommer,
Hillsdale;  Mrs. Helen Stout, Dalhart, Tex.;
Leroy H. Hoffsommer, Oklahoma City, and
Rev.  Marion S. Hoffsommer, Hutchinson,
Kan.; three stepdaughters, Mrs. H.B. (Maxine)
Bernard, Wellesley, Mass.;  Mrs. Ed (Elda)
Hardiman, and Mrs. Jim (Roberta) Whistler,
Sacramento, Calif., ten grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.