George W. Paige was born in Norway, Maine April 7, 1864, died January 24, 1922. 

He moved to Minneapolis in 1882 and the same year to Kanopolis, Kansas where he resided until 1901 when he came to Anadarko, Oklahoma then in 1911 to Middleberg, Oklahoma and had recently moved to Blanchard, Oklahoma.  On the 17th of May 1885 he was married to Miss Hattie Francis Hodgden.  To this union three children were born - Vincent Monroe Paige of Duncan, Oklahoma, Clarence Lester Paige of Blanchard, Oklahoma and Jennie May Rye of Diball, Texas.  After his marriage he united with the Methodist Church.  From then until his death, he was a devout Christian, showing his faith and devotion to Christ by a life of kindness and service to mankind.  He was taken ill at the hotel in Chickasha early the morning of January 24 and died before medical aid could arrive. 

His body was laid to rest by kind hands in Blanchard Cemetery.  His memory will linger as a benediction. 

We shall miss him here, but we shall meet him up yonder. 

"Above is the transcription of George's obituary, written in a notebook in his wife's, Hattie's, hand.  The original obituary records for both were destroyed by fire at the local library that wiped out all records from the 1920s and 1930s.  I have copied cousin Lanita's here, so that you know I have permission to send this information to you and have you post it on the cemetery website."