The funeral services for Mrs. Geo. W. Bixler were held in the Methodist Church of Waynoka at 3 P.M. Thursday April 12th. A large congregation of friends and acquaintances assembled to pay loving respect to her memory. She was buried in the Odd Fellow cemetery. Following is the obituary:
Elizabeth Stevens was born in Marnot, Iowa Sept. 23, 1855. She was united in marriage with Geo. W. Bixler in Jasper county, Illinois June 2nd, 1879. To this union there were born 7 children.
From Illinois Brother and Sister Bixler moved to Sedgwick county Kansas and lived there for 5 years where Lillie, Charles and Debbie were born. From the latter place they moved to Kingman county, Kansas in 1885. There Daisy, Hiram, Lina and Anna were born. In 1894 they moved to Woods county, Oklahoma settling on a farm, but finally coming to Waynoka where they lived till the day of Sister Bixler’s death April 11, 1917.
She is survived by her husband and all seven children who were with her at the time of her death. She leaves also 12 grandchildren. Sister Bixler was a good wife a good mother and a good neighbor. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church—lived in the faith, died in the hope of a blissful immortality, has gone to live with her Lord—at rest from pain and sorrow. [obituary continues with details of funeral service and sermon]
Card of Thanks
We want to thank our many dear friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us with their aid and sympathy in the illness and death of our wife and mother.
-Woods County Enterprise, Waynoka, Oklahoma, 20 Apr 1917, Fri Page 9
Elizabeth Stevens was born in Marnot, Iowa Sept. 23, 1855. She was united in marriage with Geo. W. Bixler in Jasper county, Illinois June 2nd, 1879. To this union there were born 7 children.
From Illinois Brother and Sister Bixler moved to Sedgwick county Kansas and lived there for 5 years where Lillie, Charles and Debbie were born. From the latter place they moved to Kingman county, Kansas in 1885. There Daisy, Hiram, Lina and Anna were born. In 1894 they moved to Woods county, Oklahoma settling on a farm, but finally coming to Waynoka where they lived till the day of Sister Bixler’s death April 11, 1917.
She is survived by her husband and all seven children who were with her at the time of her death. She leaves also 12 grandchildren. Sister Bixler was a good wife a good mother and a good neighbor. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church—lived in the faith, died in the hope of a blissful immortality, has gone to live with her Lord—at rest from pain and sorrow. [obituary continues with details of funeral service and sermon]
Card of Thanks
We want to thank our many dear friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us with their aid and sympathy in the illness and death of our wife and mother.
-Woods County Enterprise, Waynoka, Oklahoma, 20 Apr 1917, Fri Page 9
The funeral services for Mrs. Geo. W. Bixler were held in the Methodist Church of Waynoka at 3 P.M. Thursday April 12th. A large congregation of friends and acquaintances assembled to pay loving respect to her memory. She was buried in the Odd Fellow cemetery. Following is the obituary:
Elizabeth Stevens was born in Marnot, Iowa Sept. 23, 1855. She was united in marriage with Geo. W. Bixler in Jasper county, Illinois June 2nd, 1879. To this union there were born 7 children.
From Illinois Brother and Sister Bixler moved to Sedgwick county Kansas and lived there for 5 years where Lillie, Charles and Debbie were born. From the latter place they moved to Kingman county, Kansas in 1885. There Daisy, Hiram, Lina and Anna were born. In 1894 they moved to Woods county, Oklahoma settling on a farm, but finally coming to Waynoka where they lived till the day of Sister Bixler’s death April 11, 1917.
She is survived by her husband and all seven children who were with her at the time of her death. She leaves also 12 grandchildren. Sister Bixler was a good wife a good mother and a good neighbor. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church—lived in the faith, died in the hope of a blissful immortality, has gone to live with her Lord—at rest from pain and sorrow. [obituary continues with details of funeral service and sermon]
Card of Thanks
We want to thank our many dear friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us with their aid and sympathy in the illness and death of our wife and mother.
-Woods County Enterprise, Waynoka, Oklahoma, 20 Apr 1917, Fri Page 9
Elizabeth Stevens was born in Marnot, Iowa Sept. 23, 1855. She was united in marriage with Geo. W. Bixler in Jasper county, Illinois June 2nd, 1879. To this union there were born 7 children.
From Illinois Brother and Sister Bixler moved to Sedgwick county Kansas and lived there for 5 years where Lillie, Charles and Debbie were born. From the latter place they moved to Kingman county, Kansas in 1885. There Daisy, Hiram, Lina and Anna were born. In 1894 they moved to Woods county, Oklahoma settling on a farm, but finally coming to Waynoka where they lived till the day of Sister Bixler’s death April 11, 1917.
She is survived by her husband and all seven children who were with her at the time of her death. She leaves also 12 grandchildren. Sister Bixler was a good wife a good mother and a good neighbor. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church—lived in the faith, died in the hope of a blissful immortality, has gone to live with her Lord—at rest from pain and sorrow. [obituary continues with details of funeral service and sermon]
Card of Thanks
We want to thank our many dear friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us with their aid and sympathy in the illness and death of our wife and mother.
-Woods County Enterprise, Waynoka, Oklahoma, 20 Apr 1917, Fri Page 9
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