Obit of Rarick, William Stewart - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 31 Dec 2006 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.htm ===================================================================== ::Cheyenne Cemetery--Cheyenne OK Surnames: Rarick, Yorborough, Chapmen, Crew Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6960 William Stewart Rarick was born February 22, 1868 and died in Cheyenne August 30, 1951 after an illness of several months. Funeral services were conducted at the Scroggins Chapel in Cheyenne Sunday afternoon with Rev. Loel Briggs directing the services. Casket bearers were George Gantz, Guy Hensley, Will Gantz, and Theo Lutz, all of Durham; Eugene Porter, Canadian, Texas;; and William G. Shufeldt, Cheyenne. Burial was in the Cheyenne cemetery. He was married to Miss Alda Yorborough on November 29, 1896 at Iowa City, Iowa, and to this union were born three children, two daughters and one son. The children are Lillian Chapman, Wilton, Iowa; and Alda Crew, Iowa City, Iowa, and he son is Malvin E. Rarick, Laurel, Montana. Also surviving him are his brother, John Rarick, Iowa City, Iowa and one grandson, William E. Chapman, Wilton Iowa and other relatives and friends. Mr. Rarick came to the Durham community about the year 1900 and homesteaded. He resided there until about two years ago when he moved to Cheyenne. He suffered a paralytic stroke early this year from which he never fully recovered. A daughter, Mrs. Howard Crew and husband of Des Moines, Iowa was here for the funeral services. Mrs. Crew had visited him several times during his illness. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 6-Sep-1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html