Obit for Mary Belle (Stiner) Royse -  Kingfisher County, Oklahoma 

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Source:  THE KINGFISHER TIMES, Thursday, December 9, 1937.


MARY BELLE ROYSE - Obituary.


Mary Belle STINER was born December 30, 1875, in Vienna, Austria, and
passed away December 4, 1937, at Morris, Okla., at the age of 61
years, 11 months and 4 days.

When she was less than one year old her parents moved to America, in
1876, settling at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Later they moved to Newton,
Kansas, and then to a farm in Kiowa county, Kansas, where she grew to
womanhood.

In 1893 she came with her parents to Oklahoma.  In 1894 she was united
in marriage to James E. ROYSE of Kingfisher.  They homesteaded eight
miles west of Kingfisher and lived in that community for many years.
From Kingfisher they moved to Atoka and later to Morris.

As a young woman she was converted and joined the Congregational
church.  Later she transferred her membership to the Methodist church
and was a devoted member at the time of her death.  Always an active
worker in church affairs, she was regular in attendance while her
health permitted.  She would be found at the prayer meeting services;
she taught in the Sunday school, and did her part in the work of the
Ladies Aid Society.

She carried her Christianity into her home and out among all with whom
she came in contact.  Her friends and neighbors knew her as a
Christian gentlewoman.  Always ready to help in time of sickness or
trouble, she will be remembered for her many kindly deeds and loving
spirit.

She is survived by her husband and three children born to them, E.E.
ROYSE of Woodburn, Ore., James F. ROYSE of Pasadena, Calif., and Mrs.
Bessie BIXLER of Schenectady, N.Y.;  one brother, Frank I. STINER of
Kingfisher;  four sisters, Mrs. G.W. CHRISTIAN, Mrs. Anna WHITCHURCH
and Mrs. Rudolph CHLOUBER, all of Kingfisher, and Dr. Emma BROWER of
Okmulgee.