FINAL RITES SAID FOR MRS. SHOOK IN TENDER CEREMONY
At one fifteen o'clock Tuesday morning, Mrs. E. C. Shook passed from earthly experience into the quiet rest of immortality. Rev. R. L. Wells of Dighton, Kan. answered the call to conduct the last rites. Funeral services were held Thurs., Feb. 23 at the Methodist church in Guymon. Hymns that were sung included "Now the Day is Over," "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and "The End of a Perfect Day."
The home of Dr. and Mrs. John M. Gibbon at Scottsville, Ill., was gladdened on June 26, 1847, at the birth of a daughter who was named Emma Catherine. A few years later the family moved to Girard, Ill., where the daughter grew to womanhood, attending the schools of the City and finishing her educational training at a college in Alton, Illinois.
On January 30, 1868, she became the bride of a young soldier, who had served his flag thru many months of the great Civil strife, Mr. William B. Shook. To this union God gave one son who died in infancy and three daughters, Birdena, who was for several years a teacher in Texas County schools and who died at Rochester, Minnesota, on January 14th, 1919, and two daughters who survive, Mrs. M. A. Swan of Liberal, Kansas and Mrs. Emma C. Stivers of the home.
Mrs. Shook was probably the oldest Methodist in point of years in the church that lived in Northwest Oklahoma. She was converted in early girlhood and was received into the Methodist Episcopal Church by one of Methodism's outstanding pioneer ministers, Rev.Peter Cartwright, a friend of Abraham Lincoln. Her membership in the church dates back about eighty years. She was also the last of Northwest Oklahoma residents to have seen President Lincoln. She was a great lover of the American flag and had displayed it at her home for the past 25 years.
"Mother" Shook was twice a pioneer in the great West. In the early years of her married life, the family spent some time in Nebraska but returned to Illinois where they stayed until 1906 when the family became homesteaders in North east Cimarron county and while proving up the claim, a soldier homestead, had a large home at Cathage where hundreds of early settlers and home seekers enjoyed their hospitality.
In 1912 the family removed to Guymon where their daughter was an instructor in the City School system. On July 14, 1914, the father, a gracious Christian gentleman, who called to her reward and the dear little Mother and daughters carried on. Scores of God's ministers have been welcome guests to this home which for sixty years has been a truly Christian home in every way.
She was injured by a fall four weeks ago causing her to be confined to her bed. Death came in release from suffering in the early morning of February 21st, 1939.
She also preceded in death two step-granchildren, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Connor and Mrs. Louise Vedrickson.
Published in the Panhandle Herald, Friday, February 24, 1939, p. 1, 3.
At one fifteen o'clock Tuesday morning, Mrs. E. C. Shook passed from earthly experience into the quiet rest of immortality. Rev. R. L. Wells of Dighton, Kan. answered the call to conduct the last rites. Funeral services were held Thurs., Feb. 23 at the Methodist church in Guymon. Hymns that were sung included "Now the Day is Over," "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and "The End of a Perfect Day."
The home of Dr. and Mrs. John M. Gibbon at Scottsville, Ill., was gladdened on June 26, 1847, at the birth of a daughter who was named Emma Catherine. A few years later the family moved to Girard, Ill., where the daughter grew to womanhood, attending the schools of the City and finishing her educational training at a college in Alton, Illinois.
On January 30, 1868, she became the bride of a young soldier, who had served his flag thru many months of the great Civil strife, Mr. William B. Shook. To this union God gave one son who died in infancy and three daughters, Birdena, who was for several years a teacher in Texas County schools and who died at Rochester, Minnesota, on January 14th, 1919, and two daughters who survive, Mrs. M. A. Swan of Liberal, Kansas and Mrs. Emma C. Stivers of the home.
Mrs. Shook was probably the oldest Methodist in point of years in the church that lived in Northwest Oklahoma. She was converted in early girlhood and was received into the Methodist Episcopal Church by one of Methodism's outstanding pioneer ministers, Rev.Peter Cartwright, a friend of Abraham Lincoln. Her membership in the church dates back about eighty years. She was also the last of Northwest Oklahoma residents to have seen President Lincoln. She was a great lover of the American flag and had displayed it at her home for the past 25 years.
"Mother" Shook was twice a pioneer in the great West. In the early years of her married life, the family spent some time in Nebraska but returned to Illinois where they stayed until 1906 when the family became homesteaders in North east Cimarron county and while proving up the claim, a soldier homestead, had a large home at Cathage where hundreds of early settlers and home seekers enjoyed their hospitality.
In 1912 the family removed to Guymon where their daughter was an instructor in the City School system. On July 14, 1914, the father, a gracious Christian gentleman, who called to her reward and the dear little Mother and daughters carried on. Scores of God's ministers have been welcome guests to this home which for sixty years has been a truly Christian home in every way.
She was injured by a fall four weeks ago causing her to be confined to her bed. Death came in release from suffering in the early morning of February 21st, 1939.
She also preceded in death two step-granchildren, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Connor and Mrs. Louise Vedrickson.
Published in the Panhandle Herald, Friday, February 24, 1939, p. 1, 3.
FINAL RITES SAID FOR MRS. SHOOK IN TENDER CEREMONY
At one fifteen o'clock Tuesday morning, Mrs. E. C. Shook passed from earthly experience into the quiet rest of immortality. Rev. R. L. Wells of Dighton, Kan. answered the call to conduct the last rites. Funeral services were held Thurs., Feb. 23 at the Methodist church in Guymon. Hymns that were sung included "Now the Day is Over," "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and "The End of a Perfect Day."
The home of Dr. and Mrs. John M. Gibbon at Scottsville, Ill., was gladdened on June 26, 1847, at the birth of a daughter who was named Emma Catherine. A few years later the family moved to Girard, Ill., where the daughter grew to womanhood, attending the schools of the City and finishing her educational training at a college in Alton, Illinois.
On January 30, 1868, she became the bride of a young soldier, who had served his flag thru many months of the great Civil strife, Mr. William B. Shook. To this union God gave one son who died in infancy and three daughters, Birdena, who was for several years a teacher in Texas County schools and who died at Rochester, Minnesota, on January 14th, 1919, and two daughters who survive, Mrs. M. A. Swan of Liberal, Kansas and Mrs. Emma C. Stivers of the home.
Mrs. Shook was probably the oldest Methodist in point of years in the church that lived in Northwest Oklahoma. She was converted in early girlhood and was received into the Methodist Episcopal Church by one of Methodism's outstanding pioneer ministers, Rev.Peter Cartwright, a friend of Abraham Lincoln. Her membership in the church dates back about eighty years. She was also the last of Northwest Oklahoma residents to have seen President Lincoln. She was a great lover of the American flag and had displayed it at her home for the past 25 years.
"Mother" Shook was twice a pioneer in the great West. In the early years of her married life, the family spent some time in Nebraska but returned to Illinois where they stayed until 1906 when the family became homesteaders in North east Cimarron county and while proving up the claim, a soldier homestead, had a large home at Cathage where hundreds of early settlers and home seekers enjoyed their hospitality.
In 1912 the family removed to Guymon where their daughter was an instructor in the City School system. On July 14, 1914, the father, a gracious Christian gentleman, who called to her reward and the dear little Mother and daughters carried on. Scores of God's ministers have been welcome guests to this home which for sixty years has been a truly Christian home in every way.
She was injured by a fall four weeks ago causing her to be confined to her bed. Death came in release from suffering in the early morning of February 21st, 1939.
She also preceded in death two step-granchildren, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Connor and Mrs. Louise Vedrickson.
Published in the Panhandle Herald, Friday, February 24, 1939, p. 1, 3.
At one fifteen o'clock Tuesday morning, Mrs. E. C. Shook passed from earthly experience into the quiet rest of immortality. Rev. R. L. Wells of Dighton, Kan. answered the call to conduct the last rites. Funeral services were held Thurs., Feb. 23 at the Methodist church in Guymon. Hymns that were sung included "Now the Day is Over," "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and "The End of a Perfect Day."
The home of Dr. and Mrs. John M. Gibbon at Scottsville, Ill., was gladdened on June 26, 1847, at the birth of a daughter who was named Emma Catherine. A few years later the family moved to Girard, Ill., where the daughter grew to womanhood, attending the schools of the City and finishing her educational training at a college in Alton, Illinois.
On January 30, 1868, she became the bride of a young soldier, who had served his flag thru many months of the great Civil strife, Mr. William B. Shook. To this union God gave one son who died in infancy and three daughters, Birdena, who was for several years a teacher in Texas County schools and who died at Rochester, Minnesota, on January 14th, 1919, and two daughters who survive, Mrs. M. A. Swan of Liberal, Kansas and Mrs. Emma C. Stivers of the home.
Mrs. Shook was probably the oldest Methodist in point of years in the church that lived in Northwest Oklahoma. She was converted in early girlhood and was received into the Methodist Episcopal Church by one of Methodism's outstanding pioneer ministers, Rev.Peter Cartwright, a friend of Abraham Lincoln. Her membership in the church dates back about eighty years. She was also the last of Northwest Oklahoma residents to have seen President Lincoln. She was a great lover of the American flag and had displayed it at her home for the past 25 years.
"Mother" Shook was twice a pioneer in the great West. In the early years of her married life, the family spent some time in Nebraska but returned to Illinois where they stayed until 1906 when the family became homesteaders in North east Cimarron county and while proving up the claim, a soldier homestead, had a large home at Cathage where hundreds of early settlers and home seekers enjoyed their hospitality.
In 1912 the family removed to Guymon where their daughter was an instructor in the City School system. On July 14, 1914, the father, a gracious Christian gentleman, who called to her reward and the dear little Mother and daughters carried on. Scores of God's ministers have been welcome guests to this home which for sixty years has been a truly Christian home in every way.
She was injured by a fall four weeks ago causing her to be confined to her bed. Death came in release from suffering in the early morning of February 21st, 1939.
She also preceded in death two step-granchildren, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Connor and Mrs. Louise Vedrickson.
Published in the Panhandle Herald, Friday, February 24, 1939, p. 1, 3.
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