Roger Mills Co. - Obit for John Roger Dare Submitted by: Wanda Purcell wpurc25758@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Obit for John Roger Dare John Roger Dare, was the eldest son born to Alfred Edwin Dare and Annie Katherine Warden Dare, July 28, 1890 at Deer Ridge, Louis County, Missouri. He moved with his parents, a sister and two brothers from Missouri to Roger Mills County, Oklahoma in 1903 on a farm near Cheyenne, Oklahoma. He departed this life at the Sayre hospital Thursday, October 28, 1965 following surgery and an illness of several months. On Februaary 8, 1912, he was united in marriage to Minnie Nellie Batchelor at Cheyenne, Oklahoma to this union one son Anglo Victor and one daughter Gladys Virginia were born. He was one of Roger mIlls early day school teachers, for a number of years. Later with his family resided in Sayre, Oklahoma and was a salesman for the Sayre Wholesale Company. Then moving to Kansas, Texas and Portales, New Mexico in 1935 to Tempe, Arizona, resided there many years. He moved back to Reydon this years, 1965. He was a member of the Church of Christ. His wife, son and daughter and parents preceded him in death. At 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 1, 1965 funeral services were conducted at the Church of Christ in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Minister officiating were Leland Burch assisting was his grandson Albert Victor Dare. Survivors are his grandchildren Albert Victor Daare and wife Alice Carolyn of Greenville, South Carolina, Mae Nell Ehrhardt and husband Keith Robert, Dwaine Dare, Great grandchildren are Keith Norman Jr., Ricky Dean Ehrhardt, daughter in law Pearl Dare all of Tempe, Arizona, one sister Laura King, Reydon, Oklahoma, two brothers, Alford E. Dare, Clarksville, Missouri, D.C. Dare, Sayre, Oklahoma, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. He was laid to rest beside his wife and daughter in Cheyenne cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Scroggins and Son Funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok