The Lawton Constitution
Tuesday, August 24, 1971
Page 9, column 4
Alice Parker Purdy
A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. today in Becker Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Alice Parker Purdy, 77, one of three surviving children of the famed Comanche chief, Quanah Parker. She died Monday after being hospitalized a week.
Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Comanche Reformed Church. Rev. Robert Chaat, pastor, will officiate at both services. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery
Born Jan. 4, 1894, in Cache, she had lived all her life in this area. She was the daughter of Chief Quanah and his wife Wechiah. She had made her home in recent years with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bradley, 414 Ferris, and had spent three overseas tours with them.
She was adept at Indian handwork, especially with buckskin and bead craft, and had assisted the government field nurse as an interpreter. She was a charter member of Comanche Reformed Church where she taught Sunday School and Bible School.
Survivors in addition to her daughter include one sister, Mrs. Wanada Page, Orrlando Nursing Home; one brother, Tom Parker, Apache; three grandchildren, Robert and Hawana Bradley and Mrs. Cynthia Ann Grandbergs, all of Lawton, and three great-grandchildren.
Chief Quanah brought his Quohada band of Comanches i to the Fort Sill reservation area in the mid-1870s.
The Lawton Constitution
Tuesday, August 24, 1971
Page 9, column 4
Alice Parker Purdy
A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. today in Becker Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Alice Parker Purdy, 77, one of three surviving children of the famed Comanche chief, Quanah Parker. She died Monday after being hospitalized a week.
Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Comanche Reformed Church. Rev. Robert Chaat, pastor, will officiate at both services. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery
Born Jan. 4, 1894, in Cache, she had lived all her life in this area. She was the daughter of Chief Quanah and his wife Wechiah. She had made her home in recent years with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bradley, 414 Ferris, and had spent three overseas tours with them.
She was adept at Indian handwork, especially with buckskin and bead craft, and had assisted the government field nurse as an interpreter. She was a charter member of Comanche Reformed Church where she taught Sunday School and Bible School.
Survivors in addition to her daughter include one sister, Mrs. Wanada Page, Orrlando Nursing Home; one brother, Tom Parker, Apache; three grandchildren, Robert and Hawana Bradley and Mrs. Cynthia Ann Grandbergs, all of Lawton, and three great-grandchildren.
Chief Quanah brought his Quohada band of Comanches i to the Fort Sill reservation area in the mid-1870s.
Family Members
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Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Parker Hardin
1861–1930
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Cynthia Ann "Naunocca" Parker Cox
1873–1946
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Weyodee "Wer-Yoh-Ti" Parker Tahmahkera
1880–1965
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Wanada "Woon-ardy" Parker Page
1882–1970
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Mary Pache Parker Clark
1890–1952
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Laura Neda Parker Birdsong
1877–1968
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Honnie "Honey" Parker
1882–1919
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Harold "Pah-ko" Parker
1883–1902
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John Henry "Johnnie" Parker
1887–1922
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Rev White Parker
1887–1956
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Esther Parker Tabbyyetchy
1887–1919
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Baldwin Parker Sr
1887–1963
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Len "Nehio" Parker
1888–1960
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Thomas "Tit-Tah" Parker
1889–1975
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Bessie Parker Asenap
1894–1927
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Kelsey Topay Parker
1899–1921
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Goverson Parker
1904–1906
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Chee Parker
1908–1916
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Lena Parker
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