Pittsburg Co., OK - Obits: Roscoe Winslow
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          The Hartshorne Sun, Pittsburg County,
                Oklahoma, April 23, 1914

                Roscoe Winslow Obituary

The hearts of many Hartshorne people were saddened on Friday morning by the
news of the death of one of the town’s finest and most beloved young men, Mr.
Roscoe Winslow. Mr. Winslow had been in failing health for more than a year,
and his malady refused to yield to the ablest, medical skill. Last winter he
made a visit to the higher altitudes of Arizona, hoping to find relief in the
purer atmosphere of those regions, but travel to afforded the sufferer no
relief. Returning to Hartshorne, he made a long hard fight to hold off that
last foe of our humanity.

Through months of suffering, though confined to his home constantly, he
preserved a remarkable spirit of cheerfulness and fortitude. But it was
manifest to the many friends who visited his sick room that his vitality and
strength were gradually falling and at last near 2 o’clock last Friday morning,
the struggle came to an end, and the nobel young spirit, serving its bonds with
mortal flesh, went forth to find its eternal resting place in the bosom of God.
Roscoe Winslow met death in the prime of early manhood.

He was born November 13, 1891, and lived to be twenty-two years four months and
five days of age. His departure is mourned by a mother and father and several
brothers and sisters, all of whom reside in or near Hartshorne.

Many devoted friends unite in warm and tender sympathy for the bereaved. The
funeral services were held at the family residence on West Pennsylvania Avenue
late Friday afternoon, and the interment occurred in the city cemetery under
the auspiecs of the Woodman of the World, in which fraternity Mr. Winslow had
held membership for nearly three years.

Beautiful floral offerings suggestively testified to the love and esteem with
which the deceased was regarded by his friends and neighbors.