Obit of Fenno, Nellie Kinzer - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 23 Oct 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.html ========================================================================== Surnames: Fenno, Kinzer Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6341 A double shadow seemed to pass over this community of Durham on last Thursday when the family and neighbors were making preparations for the funeral of R.H. Kinzer they received word that his daughter, Mrs. Nellie Fednno had passed to her reward. She died at 6 o'clock March 13, 1923 at Perryton , Texas. The body was broght to Durham and laid to rest beside her father in the Fairview Cemetery, Durham, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. The funeral was preached from the front door of her mother's homed to a large audience of friends and neighbors and was conducted by the Rev. G.B. Taylor. Nellie Kinzer was born in Tarwell County, Virginia, December 3, 1891 and was 31 years, 3 months, and 10 days of age at the time of her demise. She came with her parents to Oklahoma in the spring of 1905 and grew to womanhood among us. She numbered her friends by her acquaintances. Friends gathered from every part of the country to mingle tears of sorrow and sympanthy with her gried stricken family. She leaves to mourn her loss, a husband, a mother, 4 brothers and 5 sisters, a number of nieces and nephews and quite a number of children of thed community who had been her puplis in school. She was united in marriage with Earnesr Fenno on January 14, 1922. Their only child, an infant son, was buried with her. The beautiful casket was strewn with flowers, gifts from those who loved her. In passing away, Nellie leaves a bright recollection of a life spent in making others happy --a memory that will ever live in the lives of those who knew her. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 29-Mar-1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html