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Obit of Joseph Gravenhorst - Grady County, Oklahoma

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The Verden News
February 6, 1914


Ages Veteran Dies Suddenly


Wednesday morning about 9:30 as Joseph Gravenhorst, aged 77, in company with 
his step granddaughter, Mrs. Mason, were on their way to the station to board 
the passenger train for Ft. Cobb, Mr. Gravenhorst was suddenly stricken with 
heart failure from which he died a short time later.  They were just across 
the track north of the City hotel when Mr. Gravenhorst suddenly reeled and 
fell.  Medical aid was immediately summoned and he was removed to the office 
of Dr. Jones in the Rockefeller hotel where he died a few minutes after his 
arrival.

Deceased was a native of Germany and came to America in 1860.  In 1861 he 
inlisted in the army as a private and later was raised to the rank of 
lieutenant in Company A, 37th Illinois infantry.  At the time of his death he 
was a member of the soldiers' home at Leavenworth, Kansas, and was visiting 
his relatives here and at Ft. Cobb, being absent from the home on a furlough.

Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall of Ft. Cobb were immediately notified and they 
arrived here Wednesday evening.  Deceased was a step-father of Mrs. 
Mendenhall.

Funeral services were conducted from the residence Thursday afternoon by 
Elder J. B. Raines and the remains were laid to rest in the Verden cemetery.