Garvin County Obituaries -     Frank Loper
                                
Submitted by  Janice Bivins  rjbivins@telepath.com

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City Man Dies at 108;
Rites at Chickasha 

Services and burial for Frank Loper, 108, 
familiar figure on City streets for at least 
35 years who died Monday at his home 
in the New hotel, 108 W. Reno, will be in
Chickasha later this Week. 

The man who had become familiar on city
streets because he walked everywhere he 
went, claimed he was born March 29, 1845, 
in Houston County, Texas. 

Loper had lived in Oklahoma City for at 
least 35 years.  He always walked 
everywhere he went and often would climb 
the stairs to his third floor room here at the
hotel rather than wait for the elevator,  the
hotel manager said. 

It was only a few weeks ago that members 
of the Grand Temple church, where Loper
attended, celebrated his 108th birthday by 
staging a party, ever since his 100th birthday, 
it had been an annual event of celebration by 
members of the Church. 

A member of the Golden Age club here, 
Loper was the oldest member of the club 
present at their first meeting when he 
was 105. 

He gave no special remedy for 
living to a ripe old age. 

Surviving are his two brothers, Charles 
Loper, of the Albany hotel, 121 S. Harvey, 
and Jess Loper, Pauls Valley. 

Article is from the Daily Oklahoman
Tuesday, April 20, 1954 edition.