Obit of Viola Conrad-Baldwin (b400) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Wanda Purcell   <wpurc25758@aol.com> 25 Jan 2001  
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Surnames: Baldwin, Collins, Conrad, Sims, Giles, Roberts, Fisher, Chick 

Viola Conrad-Baldwin was born May 18, 1902 in Rugby, Texas and died 
January 20, 1991 in Arlington, Texas at the age of 88. She was born 
the daughter of Brice and Mary Martha Ellen Collins. After her 
father's death, her mother married Terrel D. Sims and the family 
moved to the Roll area. She graduated from Clear Spings school north 
of Cheyenne. On July 3, 1926, she married Ross Conrad Sr., in 
Cheyenne where they remained and Viola served as a postal clerk at 
the Cheyenne post office for 21 years. After he husband, died, she 
moved to Ft. Worth, Texas in 1959. In November of that year she 
married Horace N. Baldwin and they lived in the Tarrant County area. 
She was a member of the Eastern Star, White Shrine and was a member 
of the Eastern Star, White Shrine and was a member of the Cheyenne 
United Methodist church. She was preceded in death by her parents, 
first husband, and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include: 
her husband Horace; two sons, Ross Jr. of Arlington, Texas; Charles 
Ray Conrad of Tulsa; three step-daughters, Mary Ann Giles, of Ft. 
Worth, Texas; Billey L. Roberts of Farmer's Branch, Texas; Ruth E. 
Fisher, of Natchez, Mississippi; two sisters, Bertha Chick of 
Colorado; Ethel Chick, Amarillo, Texas; four brothers, Woodrow Sims, 
J.C. Sims, B. Sims, and Joe Sims, all of Sayre; 12 grandchildren, 7 
great grandchildren and other relatives. Graveside services will be 
held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger 
Mills County, Oklahoma, with Mark Smith officiating. Rose Chapel of 
Cheyenne is handling arrangements. 
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