Obit for Mrs. Cora Bell Halstead - Kingfisher County, Oklahoma 

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Source: THE KINGFISHER FREE PRESS, Monday, April 24, 1939


OBITUARY - CORA BELL HALSTEAD


Cora Bell SCOTT was born at Red Oak, Iowa, October 3, 1872, and passed
away April 19, 1939, at the home of her brother, John SCOTT, in
Kingfisher, at the age of 66 years, 6 months and 16 days.

She was educated and grew to womanhood at the place of her birth. In
1893, when the Cherokee Strip was opened, she made the run on
September 16 and secured a claim of 80 acres near Ames. There she
lived in a pioneer home built partly as a dugout and partly as a log
cabin. She improved this claim and proved up on it in her own name.

She was married to A.F. JONES in Alva in 1895. To this union seven
children were born, two of whom died in infancy. After the death of
Mr. JONES, she was married to Harry HALSTEAD on June 9, 1928. Mr.
HALSTEAD passed away two years later and since that time Mrs. HALSTEAD
made her home with her oldest brother, John SCOTT, of Kingfisher.

As a girl of 15 she united with the Methodist church and maintained
her membership therein until her death, always a loyal Christian and a
devoted follower of The Christ. She was one of the founders of the
Methodist church in Ames, soon after the community was settled.

She was a true pioneer, always ready with a kindly word and a good
deed to help whomsoever might be in need. In the pioneer spirit she
was teacher of the first school organized in Cooper township.

She is survived by five children: Mrs. Freeda KLINGENBERG of Enid,
Mrs. Lola BURROUGHS of Skidmore, Mo., Parker JONES of Central City,
Colo., Mrs. Eula LOWE of Wagoner, Okla., and Darley JONES of
Leadville, Colo.; 16 grandchildren; three brothers, John SCOTT of
Kingfisher, Sam SCOTT of Calumet and A.M. SCOTT of Joplin, Mo.; a
sister, Mrs. Mort YOUNG of Watonga; and by other more distant
relatives.

Her interests in life were her home and children. Kind and thoughtful
of others always, like the pioneer woman must, she endured patiently
the hardships which fell to her lot, and will be remembered by those
most near to her and by many neighbors and friends of the years for
her simple homely virtues.

Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Friday at the MAUK funeral home,
Rev. H.A. MORTON officiating. Interment was made in Kingfisher
cemetery.

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Among the out-of-town relatives and friends here for the funeral of
Mrs. Cora Belle HALSTEAD on Friday were: Mr. and Mrs. Sam SCOTT, Mr.
and Mrs. George OSBORN, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan MOBERLY, all of Calumet;
Mr. and Mrs. Bill SCOTT, Mr. and Mrs. Dave SCOTT, Mrs. Emma SCOTT and
Milton SCOTT, all of Canton; Mrs. Mort YOUNG of Watonga and Arthur
McARTHUR of Shawnee.