Kiowa County Oklahoma Obits

Kiowa County Oklahoma Obits

Mrs. Ada Whorton Dead
Mrs. Ada Whorton, age about thirty, wife of W.C. Whorton died at the home of her brother, P.L. Ashlock, Sunday morning at 1 o'clock of cancer. She is survived by her husband and four children, all girls, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Ashlock, and one brother, B.B. Ashlock of this city, and four sisters; Mrs. Lou Ashlock, Pratt Kan. Mrs. Jane Moore, Beaver county, Oklahoma; Mrs. Eula Durham, Brinkman, Oklahoma; and Mrs. W. M. Rea, Hobart. Burial was made at Brinkman yesterday afternoon at 4:30. [The Hobart Daily Republican Nov. 19, 1917 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

Luther Keys
Luther Clyde Raymond Keys, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther M. Keys, was born at Emporia, Kansas, on the 17th day of December 1886 and died at his home in Hobart Oklahoma on Wednesday, August 14, 1907. The deceased was a member of the Baptist church and popular with his young associates. He graduated from the Hobart High School in 1905 and at the time he was taken ill was baggage agent for the Frisco. During his long illness he was ever patient and thoughtful of those around him.
He leaves a father, mother and three brothers and another dear one who would shortly have become his bride to mourn his loss.
Impressive funeral services were conducted at the Baptist Church on Saturday by Rev. Wesson after which interment was made in the Hobert cemetery [The Hobart Daily Republican August 19, 1907 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]