Obit for Fred Conquest - Grady County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Patty Reber <QuiltnGrny@msn.com> 03 Oct 1999
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FRED CONQUEST - 8/14/1952 

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OBITUARY
Fred Conquest Rites Today in Chickasha
CHICKASHA, Aug 14 - Services for Fred Conquest, 76, will be at 2 p.m. 
Friday in the Chickasha funeral home chapel. Conquest died unexpectedly 
late Tuesday in his home here.

He came to Chickasha in 1906 as a brakeman for the Rock Island 
railroad and later served as conductor from 1913 until his retirement
in 1938. He was born April 13, 1876, in Dresden, Kan.

He was a member of the Epworth Methodist church, the Order of Railway 
Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Surviving is a dauther, Mrs. Gladys Elrod, Newport Beach, Calif.; 
a brother Roy, Antelope, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Mercer, Tulsa; 
Mrs. J. P. Koehler, Overlon, Kan., and a sister-in-law, Mrs. T. H. 
Bennett, Checkasha, and one grandson.

OBITUARY
Sudden Heart Attack is Fatal to Fred Conquest
Death came suddenly to Fred Conquest aged 76 years, of 1325 S. 9th, 
Tuesday evening about 11 o'clock. Mr. Conqeust had attended the ball 
game and had returned to his home when he was stricken.

A native of Kansas, he came to Chickasha in 1906 when he became 
connected with the Rock Island and worked first as brakeman then as 
a passenger conductor until he retired in 1938. He was a member of 
the Epworth Methodist church. The Rev. Earl Walker will conduct the 
funeral services Friday afternoon at 2 PM in the chapel of the 
Chickasha Funeral Home. He will be assisted by Rev. Tom Dove, pastor 
of the Tinity Baptist Church. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Conquest was for years a member of the Order of Railway Conductors 
of America and the Brotherhood of Railway trainmen. He is survived by 
one daughter and brother, two sisters, one sister-in-law, Mrs. T. H. 
Bennett of Chickasha and one grandson.