Obit of Mary P. Hetherington (h365) - Payne County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Angela Loflin 3/27/2002 Return to Payne County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/payne/payne.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Mary P. Hetherington Funeral services have been set for Saturday at 4 p.m. in the First Christian Church for Mrs. Mary P. Hetherington, who died in the Cushing hospital Wednesday night at 10 o'clock. Rev. Carroll Fairbanks, pastor, will conduct the service. Mrs. Hetherington, 58, wife of E. A. Hetherington 10 miles South West of Cushing, had been in failing health for the past six months. She was taken seriously ill late Wednesday afternoon and was brought to the hospital here. She was born in Cowley County, Kansas, November 16, 1892, and came with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John W. Powell to Oklahoma when a child and settled near Pawnee. She came to Cushing in 1903 and settled northeast of the city in the Rose Bud community, where she lived until her death. She was married to Ernest A. Hetherington January 5, 1912, in Kansas City, Missouri. She united with the Christian Church early in life. Relatives who survive are her husband, E. A. Hetherington of the home, two sons, Forrest Hetherington of San Bernardino, California, Ernest Hetherington Jr. with the U.S. Air Forces stationed at Tulsa. Five daughters, Mrs. Nora Smith and Mrs. Erma Harmon of Cushing, Mrs. Ethel Hashimoto of Vineland New Jersey, Mrs. Dorothy Brown of Muskogee, Mrs. Alyce Condley of Tulsa, 10 grandchildren, four brothers, Chas. Powell of Lennex Kansas, Lloyd Powell of Depew, Benjamin Powell of Ashland Oregon, Atwood Powell of Drumright, and other relatives. The burial under direction of the H.A. Davis Funeral Home will be made in the Fairlawn Cemetery on the family lot. She was preceded in death by a son Ira Hetherington in 1945 and in 1932 twin sons also preceded her in death. Mary P. Hetherington was born November 16, 1892 and she died November 8, 1951. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Payne County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/payne/payne.html