Roger Mills Co. - Obit for John W. Marshall 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 W. Marshall John W. Marshall was born to Sylvester and Fannie Marshall December 9, 1877 in Ottawa county, Kansas and departed this life April 22, 1961 at the age of 83 years, 4 months and 13 days in the Sayre Hospital after being injured in an accident the day before. When a small boy he moved with his parents to Missouri and in 1899 he came to Oklahoma and in 1900 he filed on his present homestead and has lived in this community since that time. He was married to Sallie Robins Bleeker on December 2, 1907 at Poteau, Oklahoma. To this union were born five children: Two sons and three daughters. He was baptized into the Church of Christ early in life. He was preceded in death by his wife, one daughter and two brothers. Survivors are two sons, Edward of Dempsey and Clarence of Berlin, two daughters, Lorene Redfern, Portland, Oregon and Loudene Powers of Dos Palos, Claifornia; one step-daughter, Leslia Winters of Portland, Oregon and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Also surviving are three brothers, Henry of Elk City, Oklahoma; Sylvester of Sand Diego, California and Dennis of Berlin; one sister, Frances Lavander of Ardmore, Oklahoma, besides many relatives and friends. Burial Berlin cemetery, Berlin, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK