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© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma November 1971 1894 ~ November 28, 1971 Doctor Claud O. Mahaffey, 77, 2022 W. Randolph, died Sunday evening, November 28, 1971, in a local hospital following a five weeks illness. Funeral services for Doctor Mahaffey will be at 11 AM Wednesday in the First United Methodist Church with Doctor John Russell and Doctor Robert J. Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of the Henninger-Allen Funeral Home. All Masons are asked to sit as honorary pallbearers and there will be Masonic graves side rites. The family requests that those who wish make contributions to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Heart Fund in Doctor Mahaffey's memory. Henninger-Allen will serve as custodian of contributions. Born in Kansas, he moved to the Goltry area with his parents as a small boy and graduated from Veterinary college in Kansas City in 1917. The following year he was commissioned a second Lieutenant in the Veterinary Corps and served overseas until his discharge in 1919. He returned to practice in Goltry until moving to Enid 25 years ago. Doctor Mahaffey continued his practice here, making his last call three days before entering the hospital. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the American Legion, the Goltry Masonic Lodge and the Enid Knights Templar. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a past patron of the Eastern Star. Doctor Mahaffey held a lifetime membership in the Oklahoma Veterinary Association, had been awarded a 50 – year membership pin and at the time of his death had completed 54 years of veterinary service in northern Oklahoma. Survivors include his wife, Emma of the home; three step daughters, Mrs. Mary Paul, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Mrs. Floyd (Agnes) Austin, Enid and Mrs. Lennie (Rose) Shortell, Alexandria, Virginia; two step sons, Joe Quinn, Salinas, California, and Leonard Quinn, Wichita, Kansas; a sister, Mrs. Matilda Elsea, Moberly, Missouri; a brother, Leo Mahaffey, Goltry. A son, Claud Jr., was killed in action during World War II. |
© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma September 1975 October 11, 1894 ~ September 6, 1975 Mrs Beulah Rosmond Horton Mahaffey, longtime Goltry resident, died early Saturday morning, September 6, 1975, in an Enid nursing home after an illness of several months. Funeral service will be at 10 AM Monday in the Brown Funeral Home Chapel with James W. Hoffsomer officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Daughter of J. George and Ida D. Johnson Hoffsomer, she was born near Roxburry, Kansas, October 11, 1894. In August 1899, she moved to Oklahoma with her mother in a covered wagon. She attended Hillsdale schools and graduated from Enid high school in 1914. She received a state life teachers diploma after completing a course at the State Normal School, Alva in May 1917 and taught in Garfield and Alfalfa counties many years. On February 26, 1919, she married Everett Horton, who died December 29, 1929. Their children are Loren G. Horton, Houston, Texas; Mrs Joe [Wanda] Vance, Hillsdale, and Mrs Allen [Elva Rose] Smith, Altus. On May 28, 1940, she married Leo V. Mahaffey of Goltry, who died September 22, 1974. Survivors along with her children are brothers and a sister, Harley E. Hoffsomer, Hillsdale, Mrs. Helen Stout, Dalhart, Texas, Leroy H. Hoffsomer, Oklahoma City, and Rev Marion S. Hoffsomer, Hutchinson, Kansas; three step daughters, Mrs H. B. [Maxine] Bernard, Wellesley, Massachusetts; Mrs Ed [Elda] Hardiman, and Mrs Jim [Roberta] Whistler, Sacramento, California; 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. |
© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma September 1971 May 28, 1914 ~ September 6, 1971 Mrs Virgil [Doris May] Mahaffey, 57, Route 5, died Monday, September 6, 1971, in a local nursing home following a period of ill health. Her funeral service will be at 4 PM Wednesday in the Chapel of the Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home with the Rev Lloyd Lambert and the Rev Raymond Horner officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Those who wish may make contributions in memory of Mrs Mahaffey to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Cancer Division. The funeral home will serve as custodian of the fund. Mrs Mahaffey was born May 28, 1914, near Enid. She attended the Enid schools and received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Phillips University. She taught at Jefferson, where she and Virgil Mahaffey were married August 22, 1937, moving to Enid the following year. She taught at Longfellow junior high for 20.5 years, until ill health forced her to retire 18 months ago. Mrs Mahaffey was a member of the Central Christian Church, the Beta Sigma Phi and Kappa Kappa Iota. She was also a lifetime member of the National Education Association and the Oklahoma Education Association and was a past President of the Enid Education Association. Survivors include her husband Virgil of the home; a daughter, Mrs Arthur [Sue Ellen] Tanner, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; a granddaughter Tracie; a brother, Lee Marshall of Enid, and aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs Howard Hare, Enid. |
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