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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, February 24, 1937 Charles Winfield VanEaton Mrs. Roddy's Father Buried At Fort Cobb Friday A.M. Funeral services were held Friday for Charles Winfield Van Eaton, pioneer Fort Cobb hardware merchant, who was active in civic affairs there since 1901. He was 78 years old. Mr. Van Eaton died Wednesday after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife and seven children, Charles Van Eaton, Jr., Oklahoma City; Mrs. Helen Dinkler, Joseph Van Eaton and Dorothy Rogers all of Fort Cobb; Katherine Stevenson, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Mary Roddy and Sidney Van Eaton, Carnegie, and a brother and a sister. A real Oklahoma pioneer, Mr. Van Eaton came to this state many years before the opening from Sidney, Ia. and settled in Fort Reno. He returned to Iowa, married Miss Sena Marie Christensen and returned to the state in 1900 to Mountain View, where he operated a grocery store. Built City block In 1901 he came to Fort Cobb, opened a hardware store in the first wooden building to be erected there. He built the block of buildings where the Fort Cobb city hall is now located. In 1903 his brother, Frank Van Eaton came here from Iowa and the brothers formed the partnership of the Van Eaton brothers Hardware. At the death of his brother, Charles Van Eaton sold the remaining stock in the store and retired. R.E. Harvey conducted the funeral services for him at the Harvey funeral home. |
1961 Sena Marie [Christensen] VanEaton Born in Hjorring, Denmark, she came to the US when six years old. Her parents settled in Iowa. After her marriage to C.W. Van Eaton, she and her family moved to Mountain View when the town was a small settlement north of the Washita river. About a year later they moved to Fort Cobb where they constructed the first building on the township. Fort Cobb was their home for 50 years. Sons-Joe, Charles and Sid; daughters, Helen Dinkler, Mrs. H. B. Stephenson, Mrs. Earl Roddy, and Dorothy Rogers. |
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