Obit of Grace Philomena Wickham (w250) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 11 Sep 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Wickham, Kill, Brown, Rupel Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5194 Grace Philomena Wickham, 82, was born September 13, 1902 in Lima, Ohio to Sylvester and Francis Kill and passed from this life Thursday, January 3, 1985 in Roger Mills Memorial Hopsital, Cheyenne, Oklahoma following a lengthy illness. Grace came with her parents to Oklahoma Territory in the early 1900's. She was married to Don J. Brown, Sr. in 1920 in Eastland, Texas. They made their home in Arkansas until his death in 1948. She then did private nursing in the New Orleans area. On May 21, 1950 she and Carrel Raymond Wickham were married in Cheyenne. They made their home on the Wickham Ranch north of Strong City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Wickham had been a member of the United Methodist Church in Cheyenne for a number of years. She had also been a member of the Eastern Star, White Shrine and Rebecca Lodges. Mrs. Wickham had served as chairman of the Cancer Fund for several years. Preceding her in death were her parents, both husbands, 1 brother and 3 sisters. Survivors include 1 daughter, Francis Rupel of South Bend, Indiana; 2 sons: Don J. Brown of Gray Summitt, Missouri; Sylvester N. Brown of Strong City; 9 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren; 5 sisters: Anna and Cecil of Stroud, Okklahoma; Ruth of Choctaw; Cora Francis of Houston, Texas, Gertrude of Moran, Texas; 1 brother, Earl Kill of Piedmont, Oklahoma and other relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted Monday, January 7, 1995 at 10:00 a.m. in the United Methodist Church of Cheyenne, with Garland Spurgin officiating. Graveside services and interment followed in the Stroud Cemetery, Stroud, Oklahoma at 4:00 p.m. with Rose Chapel Funeral services of Cheyenne in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Connie Fults, Gary Scott, Johnny Grant, Arthur Welty, Eddie Tom Lakey, Tom Blackwell. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK