W. M. Drake, an early settler and well known farmer, residing a few miles west of Hennessey, died at Enid Monday, April 8, a few hours after he had undergone an operation for a cancerous growth on the liver, at the University hospital in that city. Mr. Drake had been in ill health for several months and his condition had grown so serious it was thought nothing but an operation could bring relief, but due to virulent condition of the disease, death resulted. Mr. Drake was accompanied to Enid by Mrs. Drake and his sister.
The body was brought back to Hennessey where funeral services were held from the T. W. Anderson home on South Main, at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. O. G. Brown. Burial was made in the Hennessey cemetery.
William Merrion Drake was born December 28, 1859, at Gasport, Owen county, Indiana. He was married to Mira O'Brien on January 19, 1885. Four children were born to this union, one dying in infancy and a son, Leslie, dying at the age of eighteen years. Two children, Mrs. C. S. Anderson, and Delmer Drake, with the wife, mother, father, five brothers and two sisters, survive the deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Drake have resided on their farm a few miles west of Hennessey for twenty-one years, and during that time have formed many warm friendships in this part of the county. Mr. Drake was a devoted and considerate husband and father, and a good neighbor and friend. No man stood higher or was more esteemed in his community than he, and many friends are sorrowing with the family at his early demise.
From The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 48, Thursday, April 11, 1912.
The body was brought back to Hennessey where funeral services were held from the T. W. Anderson home on South Main, at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. O. G. Brown. Burial was made in the Hennessey cemetery.
William Merrion Drake was born December 28, 1859, at Gasport, Owen county, Indiana. He was married to Mira O'Brien on January 19, 1885. Four children were born to this union, one dying in infancy and a son, Leslie, dying at the age of eighteen years. Two children, Mrs. C. S. Anderson, and Delmer Drake, with the wife, mother, father, five brothers and two sisters, survive the deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Drake have resided on their farm a few miles west of Hennessey for twenty-one years, and during that time have formed many warm friendships in this part of the county. Mr. Drake was a devoted and considerate husband and father, and a good neighbor and friend. No man stood higher or was more esteemed in his community than he, and many friends are sorrowing with the family at his early demise.
From The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 48, Thursday, April 11, 1912.
W. M. Drake, an early settler and well known farmer, residing a few miles west of Hennessey, died at Enid Monday, April 8, a few hours after he had undergone an operation for a cancerous growth on the liver, at the University hospital in that city. Mr. Drake had been in ill health for several months and his condition had grown so serious it was thought nothing but an operation could bring relief, but due to virulent condition of the disease, death resulted. Mr. Drake was accompanied to Enid by Mrs. Drake and his sister.
The body was brought back to Hennessey where funeral services were held from the T. W. Anderson home on South Main, at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. O. G. Brown. Burial was made in the Hennessey cemetery.
William Merrion Drake was born December 28, 1859, at Gasport, Owen county, Indiana. He was married to Mira O'Brien on January 19, 1885. Four children were born to this union, one dying in infancy and a son, Leslie, dying at the age of eighteen years. Two children, Mrs. C. S. Anderson, and Delmer Drake, with the wife, mother, father, five brothers and two sisters, survive the deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Drake have resided on their farm a few miles west of Hennessey for twenty-one years, and during that time have formed many warm friendships in this part of the county. Mr. Drake was a devoted and considerate husband and father, and a good neighbor and friend. No man stood higher or was more esteemed in his community than he, and many friends are sorrowing with the family at his early demise.
From The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 48, Thursday, April 11, 1912.
The body was brought back to Hennessey where funeral services were held from the T. W. Anderson home on South Main, at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. O. G. Brown. Burial was made in the Hennessey cemetery.
William Merrion Drake was born December 28, 1859, at Gasport, Owen county, Indiana. He was married to Mira O'Brien on January 19, 1885. Four children were born to this union, one dying in infancy and a son, Leslie, dying at the age of eighteen years. Two children, Mrs. C. S. Anderson, and Delmer Drake, with the wife, mother, father, five brothers and two sisters, survive the deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Drake have resided on their farm a few miles west of Hennessey for twenty-one years, and during that time have formed many warm friendships in this part of the county. Mr. Drake was a devoted and considerate husband and father, and a good neighbor and friend. No man stood higher or was more esteemed in his community than he, and many friends are sorrowing with the family at his early demise.
From The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 48, Thursday, April 11, 1912.
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