Obit for William V. Blythe - Kingfisher County, Oklahoma 

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


OBITUARY - WILLIAM V. BLYTHE

William V. BLYTHE was born May 15, 1864, in the state of Indiana and
passed away April 19, 1939, in his home near Kingfisher. He would
have been 75 years old on May 15.

He was married to Miss Tena Belle LANGFORD at Mt. Vernon, Ind., on
August 26, 1891, and they made their home in Cynthiana, Ind., for
about 10 years; then they moved to Illinois. After a few years the
family moved to Coleman, Tex., then to Ranger, Tex., where they lived
until they came to Kingfisher in 1932. They lived here on a farm
northeast of town.

Four daughters and two sons were born to the BLYTHES, two preceding
their father in death, Lyda Fern, at the age of two years, and Virgil,
when he was 15 years of age.

Those who survive are: Mrs. A.F. STEVENS, Ranger, Tex., Mrs. Grady
MEADE, Mrs. C.A. STARK and Frank BLYTHE of Kingfisher; eight
grandchildren, Roy, Hazel, Arline and Marguerite STEVENS, Reta Mae,
Zane and Tena Belle STARK and Louise WARD; and one great-grandchild,
Mildred Faye DEMPSEY; one sister in Washington and three in Indiana;
and one brother in California. A host of friends also join in
mourning their loss.

When a young man, Mr. BLYTHE united with the General Baptist church
and on moving to Coleman, Tex., he and his wife united with the
General Baptist church in that city. He loved music and they had
singing at home. In the Baptist church, he was the song leader at the
morning service as well as in the schoolhouse in the afternoon. He
was blessed with good health throughout the years until a few months
before his death.

Jovial of disposition and naturally friendly, he had many friends whom
he cheered along life's pathway. He was a kind, loving husband and
father. Though sincere grief takes possession of loved ones left
behind, Providence had spared him to a ripe old age. To one of his
daughters, watching over him one night in his sickness, he spoke of
friends and loved ones who might be left behind, but said he had a
Friend who would never leave him.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Presbyterian
church, Rev. S.H. JONES officiating. Interment was made in the
Kingfisher cemetery, with the BRACKEN funeral home in charge.