Obit for John Lodes - Kingfisher County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Barbara Clayton OklahomaClaytons@aol.com Return to Kingfisher County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kingfisher/kingfisher.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== Source: THE OKARCHE TIMES, Friday, January 17, 1913 Last Sunday, Mr. John LODES died at his home southeast of town, after a short sickness, at the age of 74 years. Wednesday a solemn obsequies service was held at the Catholic church of which he was a member. The funeral parade consisted of 62 vehicles. He leaves a sorrowing wife, 7 sons and 2 daughters, as follows: Mike, Henry and Joseph and Mrs. John BAUSTERT, who live here, John of Elgin and Peter of Vinita, Okla., were present; George and Conrad, of Howell, Neb., and Mrs. John OTTIS, of Wadsworth, Texas, could not come. He was beloved by all who knew him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JOHN LODES - OBITUARY John LODES was born at Elbersberg in Oberfranken, Bavaria, in 1839, on the 12th day of May. He was a soldier in the Bavarian army, and was in the battles of Wuerzburg and Aschaffenburg in 1886, and served from the beginning to the end of the war with Prussia. He was married to Miss Katherine THEIM on the 28th day of August, 1868. They came to this country five years later, in April, 1873, and homesteaded in Nebraska the same year. The settlers in that part of the country were not very plentiful in those years and the privations were many, but for 22 years Mr. LODES and his family made the farm their home, and when the railroad was built and the town of Howells established, in 1886, their place, which had previously been 22 miles from market, was but a half mile east of the town. Like many others in the spring of 1895, they concluded to go further south and locate in Oklahoma, and moved on a farm near Okarche, where they have since resided. The children one after another, married and left the old home, with the exception of Henry, who now owns the home place. The deceased will be remembered as of a happy, genial and jovial disposition with a pleasant word of greeting for all, so it is not at all surprising that he was a man of many friends and that the news of his death brought with it sincere sorrow to the hearts of many of the old timers who sympathize with the bereaved family. He is survived by his wife and nine children, all of whom are married - George and Conrad of Howells, Neb., Michael, Henry, Joseph and Mrs. John BAUSTERT of Okarche, Peter of Vinita and John of Elgin, Okla., and Mrs. Anna OTTIS, of Wadsworth, Texas; one brother, John L. of Scotia, Neb., and two sisters residing in Germany, also mourn his passing. The funeral was held on Thursday, Jan. 14, with services by Rev. STEBER in the Cathholic church at Okarche. On the same day and at the same hour Rev. BRASS officiated at requiem mass at Howells, Neb., for the repose of the soul of the deceased, which was attended by relatives and friends of that place, the services being held at SS. Peter and Paul's church where Mr. LODES was an attendant during the last years of his residence there. Thus ends the life story of another of the pioneers. Peace to his ashes.