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MRS. MATTIE CAMBRON
SERVICES SET FOR PIONEER
Mrs. Mattie Cambron Was Former Tulsan
     Coweta, July 22 - Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Pearl Cambron, 79, a pre-statehood Oklahoman, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Christian Church ere.
     Mrs. Cambron, who came to Oklahoma in 1902 in a covered wagon, died Monday at her farm home near here. She was a native of Independence, Missouri.
     Following the covered-wagon trip, she moved to a ranch near Anadarko in 1905.  Mrs. Cambron moved to Tulsa in 1913 and lived there until 1935 when she moved to the nearby Coweta farm.
     She was a member of the Coweta First Christian Church and the Shahan Home Demonstration Club.  Mrs. Cambron also held membershiip in the Wheeling Avenue Christian church of Tulsa.
     Survivors include her husband, John H. Cambron; two sons, Marcus Cambron, 405 S. 776h East Ave., Tulsa, and Marlin Cambron, Healdton; a daughter Mrs. Anthony Walaitis, 1916 North Main St., Tulsa; two
brothers, Simon Best, Muskogee and Homer Best , Phoenix, Arizona; two granchildren and four great grandchildren.
     Interment will be in Memorial Park cemetery in Tulsa under direction of the Wright funeral home, Coweta.
Source: From the Tulsa World - 1958
Contributed by:  June Carter

HAROLD CARR
Services for Harold Byron Carr, 63, Clever were held at 1 p.m. Thursday in Clever First Baptist Church with the Revs. Mark Wakefield and Ermon Webb officiating. Burial was in Frazier Cemetery under the directions of Meadors of Clever. Mr. Carr died at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday in Mount Vernon State Chest Hospital after a long illness. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Boaz and a Mason. He was also a retired truck driver for Roadway. Survivors include his wife, Mabel; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carr, Clever; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Gamble, Chicago, and Carolyn Crow, state of Alabama; a brother, Hardy, Springfield; and five grandchildren.
Note: this clipping from the collection of Audrey (King) Maples has a handwritten date of September 21, 1982 in the margin.
Contributed by Rada Beth (Hayden) Maples.

CLEMMER, Erna L. (GRAMKE)
Emporia - Erna L. (Gramke) Clemmer, 83 homemaker, died Monday, Nov 16, 1987. Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Messiah Lutheran Church. Survivors: sons James E. of Tampa, Danny L. of Wichita; daughters, Doreen Sutton of Hermosa Beach, Calif., Doris Lowe, Marlene, both of Topeka; brother Herman Gramke of Reed Springs, Mo; sisters, Amanda Gramke, Lorena Gramke, both of Emporia; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; eight step-great- grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Parkinson's Disease Research Foundation, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Wichita KS, Beacon; 18 Nov 1987
Contributed by Vicki Ayo <[email protected]>Sunday, January 11, 2004 2:02 AM

VERNA E. ‘COOK’ BECK [22 Oct 1905 - 14 Dec 1989]

Springfield, MO - Verna E.  “Cook” Beck, 83, Springfield, died at 10:59 p.m. Thursday in St. John’s Regional Health Center.
She was a retired Registered Nurse and a graduate of the Old Springfield, Baptist Hospital School of Nursing.  She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.
She is survived by two sisters, Flossie Thompson, Aurora, Mo., and Bonnie Raper, Springfield; four nephews, James, Max, and Roger Raper, Springfield, and Dennis Thompson, Pittsburg, Pa.; and one niece, Maryan Smith, Springfield. She was preceded in death by a niece, Ila Lee Thompson, Aurora, Mo.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Klinger Chapel with Rev. Charles Holt officiating. Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery.

Published in the Springfield News Leader,  Dec. 1989; Contributed by: Jan Lowry <Email:  [email protected]>
[Verna E. Cook Beck is the daughter of Sophia Ann Lee and James Garfield Cook]


SOPHIA ANN COOK [31 Aug 1882 – 16 Nov 1967]

Mrs. Sophia Ann Cook, 85, of 673 South Jefferson, died at ?:40 a.m. Thursday in Springfield Baptist Hospital where she had been a patient one month. She had suffered from a lingering illness.
 A native of Stone county, she had been a resident of Springfield the past 36 years. She was a member of the Grace Methodist Church.
 Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Verna Beck, of Route 12, Mrs. Bonnie Raper, of 1850 East Delmar, and Mrs.  Flossie Thompson ,  Marionville.
 Other survivors include a brother, Roland Lee of Springfield, a half-sister,  Miss Bonnie Lee Briscoe of the state of Oklahoma; six grandchildren, [?] great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Chapel of the Ozarks with the Rev. Glen Jones and the Rev. Don Enright officiating.

Published in the Springfield News Leader,  Nov. 1967; Contributed by: Jan Lowry <Email:  [email protected]>
[Sophia Ann Lee Cook is the daughter of Robert Franklin Lee, Sr.. and Mary Ellen Payne]


MRS. DESSIE COPE DIES AFTER A FALL

Mrs. Dessie Cope, 68, died at her home in Mountain township Friday, July 2, 1948 following a fall at her home. Whether the fall caused her passing is not known since it may have been from a hemorrhage or dizziness from high blood pressure. She was born December 26, 1884. She had been in poor health for some time and returned to bed after preparing breakfast and did not arise.
Mrs. Cope was a daughter of the late Wm. Wiley of the Scholten community and was married to Orra Cope in 1899. He preceded her in death 27 years ago. Survivors are her sons and daughters, Glen and Hilda Cope of the home; Chester Cope, Kansas City; William Cope, Long Beach, Calif.; Gale Cope, Cassville; George Cope, Tehachapi, Calif.; Bud Cope, Golden; Mrs. Jess Hancock, Cape Fair; Mrs. Hugh Parks, Springfield and Mrs. Milford Eaton, Crane; two sisters, Mrs. Harry Allbright and Mrs. Tella Salsman, Los Angeles, Calif., and two brothers Lloyd Wiley, Crane, and Ross T. Wiley, California. A brother Claude Wiley, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Cope was a consistent member of the Church of Christ and was held in the highest esteem and confidence by all who knew her as an outstanding woman of the community where she had spent her life.
Funeral services were held at Scholten Monday afternoon by Brother Morton Woodward, with burial in the family plot in Mars Hill Cemetery. Friends extend their most sincere sympathy to the bereaved.

Source: Obituary clipping found in Clema Stumpff Cope's (grandmother) collection with no dates or source.
"Contributed by Diana Cope" [email protected]


RECEIVES WORD OF DEATH OF FORMER AREA RESIDENT (MRS. FLORA COPE)

Mrs. Roy Renner received a call Saturday night telling her of the death of her aunt, Mrs. John (Flora) Cope of Bakersfield, Calif. Mrs. Cope passed away Friday night from a stroke suffered two weeks earlier. Mrs. Cope, the former Flora Hilton, daughter of the late Alfred and Mary Ann Russell Hilton was born and raised in the Scholten Community, later moving to North Dakota, returning to Aurora in the late 1920's and moving to Bakersfield in the early 1930's. She was 85 years of age. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Aleen Martin, three sons, Dick, Dean and Duane all of California and several grandchildren. Her husband and two sons preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held there Monday afternoon with burial in Bakersfield.
Besides Mrs. Renner, Mrs. Cope is survived by nephews, Francis Wilson and Blaine Hilton and a niece Mrs. Jewell Holderman all of Crane and Mrs. Ann Lee Hill of Mt. Vernon, also several cousins in the Crane and Aurora area. A grandson, Gerald Cope, resides near Jenkins and her daughter-in-law Mrs. Clema Cope in Cassville.
Source: Stone County Republican, Crane, Missouri, Thursday, October 20, 1977
"Contributed by Diana Cope" [email protected]


MRS. GEORGIA A COPE
(16 Feb 1854-26 Oct.1916)
     Mrs. Georgia Cope, only sister of  O. Scott, died at her home in Crane Friday Oct 27, aged 62 years and 8 months.
     She had not been well for several months, but was not seriously ill but a few days. She was a very devoted member of the Chruch Of God, and was ready to go to meet the Christ in whom she had an abiding faith.
      She leaves four daughters and six sons to mourn the loss of a loving mother. The funeral was preached at the Christian Church by Rev. Thomas to a large gathering of friends, and the body was laid to rest in the Crane Cemetery Sat. at 2 O'Clock p.m.
      Mr. and Mrs. O. Scott and Mrs. A. L. Walters of Galena attended the services.
Contributed by Fae Jacobs. handwritten obit, no date or source.

BILL COSTLOW
9-6-83 no source given
     Services for James Wilbur "Bill" Costlow, 72, Cape Fair, were at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 5 at Cape Fair Church of Christ with Clarence Pierce officiating. Burial was in Cape Fair Cemetery under the direction of Cheatham-Stumpff of Galena
    Mr. Costlow died at 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct2, 1983 at St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield, after a short illness.
     Survivors include three brothers, Uhl and Leon, both of Marionville, and Lee, Jenkins; and four sisters, Mable Jones, Ben Arnold, Texas, Margaret Mitchell, Los Alamos, Calif.; Norsine Irvine, Lancaster, Califl; and Rosalee Hayworth, Rogers, Ark.
     Contributed by Robin Biddle (niece)


CLAIRUS COSTLOW:
Thursday , Feb 10, 1972  Crane Chronicle
     GALENA-Clairus Ranson Costlow, 65, Route 3, was found dead Saturday afternoon near Buttermilk Springs on Stone County Y. Death, was attributed to natural causes, but is being investigated by Stone County authorities.
     A Veteran of World War ll Mr Costlow is survived by his mother, Maude Costlow, Marionville, four brothers, Uhl and Bill, both of Cape Fair, Leon and Lee, both of Marionville, four sisters, Mrs Mabel Jonas, New Braunfels TX, Mrs. Margaret Mitchell, Rogers, Ark, Mrs Norisene Ervine, Little Rock, Calif, and Mrs. Rosalea Hayworth, Rogers.
    Grave side services were at 4 P.M. Sunday in Cape Fair cemetery with Clarence Pearch officiating. Burial was under direction of Cheatham-Stumpff of Galena.
     Contributed by Robin Biddle (niece)

 JANES RANSOM COSTLOW, CAPE FAIR FARMER DIES.
Handwritten copy of Obit dated 1947: {newspaper unknown}
      Cassville Mo, March 20. James Ransom Costlow, 69 years old died at 9:15 o'clock this morning at his home in Cape Fair, 20 miles east of here. Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. Mr Costlow was a lifetime resident of Cape Fair and was a farmer.
     Survivors are his wife, Maude May, five sons, Joseph E, Clairus, Wilbur, Leon and Lee Nelson Costlow of Cape Fair, and four daughters, Miss Fern Costlow of the home, Mrs Margaret Taylor of Cape Fair, Mrs Norisene Graves of Reed Springs, Mo and Mrs Mable Jonas of New Brussels, Tex.
    Funeral services and burial was under direction of the Koon Funeral Home.
   * (note) James is buried at Cape Fair Cemetery, Cape Fair, Stone Co. Mo
    Contributed by Robin Biddle (gdaughter)

MRS LEON COSTLOW. GALENA- Funeral services for Mrs Ida Lorine Costlow, 53, Route 1, Marionville, was at 2 P.M. Friday in the First Baptist Church here with the Rev. Hugh Higgs officiating. Burial was in Galena Cemetery with Cheatham-Stumpff in charge.
   Mrs. Costlow died at 7 A.M. Tuesday in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, after a short illness. She was a member of the Pentecostal church.
   Survivors are her husband, Leon; two brothers, Siegal Batson, Aurora, and Bill Batson, Hot Springs, Ark; two sisters, Mrs. Vergie Jones, Cape Fair, and Mrs. Clara Belle Foster, Jenkins; and her mother, Mrs. Viola Carney, Cape Fair. Crane Chronicle, June 18, 1970
Contributed by Robin Biddle. (niece)

RILEY E. COSTLOW
clipping dated July 3, 1969, no source.
CRANE--Funeral services for Riley Edward Costlow, 72, Crane, was at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Phelps Commity Church northwest of Mt. Vernon with Rev. James Dobyns officiating. Burial was in Goss Cemetery near Phelps.
     A native of Cape Fair, Mr. Costlow died at 9:50 p.m. Saturday in the state sanatorium at Mt. Vernon after a lingering illness. A former employee of state santatorium, he was a member of the Christian Church here.
Surviving are two brothers, James, Baxter Springs, Kan., and Willard, Route 2, Miller; and two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Jones , Galena, and Mrs. Elsie McGowen, Route 2, Miller.
Contributed by Robin Biddle (gniece)

BURNELL FREDERICK CURTIS
clipping dated 8-30-73  no source
GALENA-- Funeral  Services for Burnel Frederick Curtis, 63, Route 1, Galena were at 2 p.m. August 26 at the Crossroads Church with the Revs.Harold Brown and Glen Wilson officiating. Burial was in the Nolan Cemetery under the direction of Cantrell-Stumpff of Crane.
     Mr Curtis died at 10:45 a.m. August 24 at St. Johns's Hospital in Springfield where he had been a patient four weeks.
     A member of the pentecostal church, Mr. Curtis was a retired carpenter. he was a longtime resident of Stone County.
     Survivors include his wife, Jewell; six daughters, Mrs Jane Cheney, of Bonne Terre, Mrs. Katherin Henry, of Aurora, Mrs. Bertha Branstetter, and Mrs. Loretta Williams, both of Crane, Mrs. June Johnson, of Galena, and Mrs. Janet Bicklein, of Belleville, Ill.; one step-son, Dewey Williams, of Crane; two brothers, Lenvil, of Decatur, Ill., and Murl, of the state of Illinois; three sisters, Mrs. Hazel Williams, of Newton, Ill., and Mrs. Freda Duffer, of Eldorado, Ill., and Mrs. Pauline New of Fairfield, Ill.; 20 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Contributed by Robin Biddle