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© The Verden News Verden, Oklahoma Friday, August 23, 1918 May 8, 1878 ~ August 15, 1918 W.C. Longnecker, age 41, a fireman, died at El Reno hospital from appendicitis on August 15, 1918. Funeral services were held at the Verden Methodist Church, August 16, 1918, with the Reverend P.W. McWhorter officiating and under the auspices of the masonic order, of which he was a member. He had been a resident of Verden community for several years and had many friends. He leaves a wife, Pearl Sigmon Longnecker, and two children, Margaret Longnecker and Opal Longnecker to mourn his loss. He is preceded in death by son, Earl Longnecker. |
© The Verden News Verden, Oklahoma Friday, June 16, 1911 December 3, 1909 ~ June 9, 1911 Earl Edwin, the infant son of Mrs and Mrs W.C. Longenecker, living north of town, died at their home Friday after an illness of eleven days. The little one was one year of age, and an exceptionally bright little fellow. the cause of his death was due to summer complaint, which often proves so fatal with children. The funeral services were conducted at the Verden Methodist Church here Sunday morning, and the little body was laid to rest in the Verden cemetery amid a large host of sorrowing friends and relatives. |