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© The Verden News Verden, Oklahoma April 13, 1956 April 14, 1873 ~ April 4, 1956 LATE RITES HELD FOR PIONEER CITIZEN, JOHN R. OSBORNE Funeral services for John R. Osborne of Norman were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 8, at the First Baptist Church, Verden, with Rev C. W. Taylor and Rev Harold Watson, officiating. Burial was in the Verden Cemetery with the Hansen Funeral Home in charge. Graveside rites were conducted by Masonic Lodge No. 329, Verden. Music was rendered by Mrs Aubrey Finley, Mrs Harry Dodson, Mrs Dale Henricks and Mrs. Donald Brown. They sang What A Friend and Beyond the Sunset. Mrs Ruth Stephens of Maysville sang a solo, Jesus, Savior Pilot Me. Mrs Ed Nelson was pianist. Casket bearers were Roy Rice and Edgell Stephens of Maysville and Roy Bivens, Debs Patterson, Sid McVey and George McVey. John Richardson Osborne was born April 14, 1873 at Anadarko, Okla. Passed away in Norman, Okla., April 4, 1956 at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 20 days. He was united in marriage to Lucy Williams first and to this union was born two children, later to Alice Fitzpatrick and to this union was born seven children, four having preceded him in death. Mr Osborne has lived in this community all of his life farming north of Verden. He was one of the organizers of the Masonic Lodge here. He was converted in the Storey Baptist Church. Those left to mourn his departure are his wife, Mrs Alice Osborne of Torrance, Calif., children, Melton E. "Bud" Osborne of Phoenix, Arizona, Mrs Emma Lopez of Anadarko, Okla., Mrs Thelma McDaniel of Oceanside, Calif., Mrs Mae Walker and Mrs Mary Dene Rice of Torrance, Calif. Fourteen grandchildren; one brother, Charley Pruner of Chickasha, Okla., and one sister, Mrs Mattie Sturm of Fort Cobb, Okla. Also a host of other relatives and friends. Note: Father of: Frank Garrard Osborne, Emma [Osborne] McCoy Lopez, children of Lucy [Williams] Osborne. Randolph Fitzpatrick "Randy", Luther, Melton Eden "Bud" & Jonathan Richardson "John" Osborne Jr, Thelma Irene [Osborne] McDaniel, Lavinia Nora Mae "Mae" [Osborne] Walker & Mary Dene Joli "Biddy" [Osborne] Rice, children of Alice Frances [Fitzpatrick] Osborne. |
© The Washita Valley Herald Chickasha, Olahoma August 2, 1962 July 18, 1882 ~ July 23, 1962 Funeral services for Mrs Alice Osborne of Riverside, Calif., age 80, were held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the First Methodist Church with Rev. Sam Anderson officiating. Mr and Mrs Harry Dodson, accompanied by Miss Linda Griffith, furnished the music. Pallbearers were Harold Ray Rice, Randy Earl Rice, Dewayne Osborne, Eston Rice, Edward Rice and Roy Rice Interment was in the Verden Cemetery under the direction of Hansen Funeral Home. Mrs Osborne was born July 18, 1882 in Chickasha and died July 22 in Riverside, Calif., where she made her home with her son, M. E. "Bud" Osborne. She moved from Verden in 1932 to Maysville and had lived in California about 8 years. Survivors in addition to her son include three daughters, Mrs. Thelma McDaniel and Mrs. Mae Walker of Hanford, Calif., and Mrs. Mary Dean Rice of Encinitas, Calif.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Emma Lopez of Anadarko; eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Hill and Mrs. Marie Welker of Bakersfield, Calif., and Mrs. Nell Montgomery of Glendale, Ariz. Note: Mother of Randolph Fitzpatrick "Randy", Luther, Melton Eden "Bud" & Jonathan Richardson "John" Osborne Jr, Thelma Irene [Osborne] McDaniel, Lavinia Nora Mae "Mae" [Osborne] Walker & Mary Dene Joli "Biddy" [Osborne] Rice. |
Anadarko, Oklahoma Febvruary 1980 January 10, 1883 ~ February 5, 1980 Viola May Poe was born near Marietta, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, on January 10, 1883, the daughter of Mary Melvina Prewitt [1866-1941] and William James Poe. Mary's parents were Solomon Richard Prewitt [1828-1897] and Rebecca Martha Garrett [1835-1898]. William's parents are unknown. Their marriage took place either in Texas or Indian Territory, Oklahoma, between 1880 and 1882. Due to the scarcity of records [during this period 1880-1900] for Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas it is unknown what happened to William. However, around 1887, Mary marries Pinkney Alonzo Conn [according to the 1900 federal census]. By 1900, when the next US Federal Census became available, May, as she was known, had already married, Isaac Daniel "ID" Conn [1869-1937], in Carter, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Isaac was the son of William Hezekiah Conn [1840-1917] and Martha Ann Rebecca Lippard [1847-1889], and nephew of Pinkney Alonzo Conn. Isaac was a farmer and a Baptist minister. The Reverend Isaac died on 14 August 1937 and is buried in the South Fairview Cemetery in Wellington, Collingsworth County, Texas. May and Isaac had two known children: Daniel Conn, born 5 April 1902, and John Conn, born 6 February 1905, both born in Indian Territory, Oklahoma. The circumstances surrounding the breakup of their marriage are unknown but records show they were divorced and the boys were raised by Isaac's sister, Doshia Ann Conn Stafford. Her husband was Bloxham Barney Stafford [1871-1937]. The 1910 US Federal Census [Lagansville, Curry County, New Mexico] shows both, Daniel and John, living with Doshia and Bloxham. On a picture found of the two boys, their birthdays and a note saying John was killed in a tornado when he was 9 years old is written on the back. That would place his death in 1914. Being that Doshia and Bloxham had children during 1912, 1915 and 1916, all born in Texas, that would place the deadly tornado that took the life of John in that state. His place of burial is unknown. In 1920, Daniel is still living with Doshia and Bloxham and listed as an adopted son. The last record found for Daniel was in 1930 where he was working in the oil fields of Oklahoma. May next marries, Oscar "Ossie" Theopholus Boren [1889-?] at Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma, on 22 December 1909. Oscar was the son of William Theophelus Boren [1847-1925] and Francis A Barnett [1849-1900], born 29 June 1889, in Plumerville, Conway County, Arkansas. Ossie's brother, Henry Cleveland Boren [1879-1957] was the husband of Dora Lee Conn [1889-1927], who was May's halfsister. Her parents were Mary Melvina Prewitt and Pinkney Alonzo Conn. The last record found for May and Ossie was the 1910 Federal Census, in Navajo, Jackson County, Oklahoma. The census states they had been married four months and didn't have any children. Once again, due to the lack of records, what happened to Ossie and where he is buried is unknown. May's third marriage was to Joshua Seward Harper [1876-1944], at Howard County, Arkansas, on 10 May 1924. The 1930 Federal Census places them in Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, and in 1940 in Rural, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Joshua died on 14 January 1944 in McCurtain County and is buried in the Broken Bow Cemetery. Records next pick up May when she marries, William Lee Osborne [1879-1959] on 1 March 1951 in Nashville, Howard County, Arkansas. William was a military veteran who served in the Spanish American War in Co. E. 2nd Regt Arkansas Inf. He died on 6 January 1959 and is buried in the Osborne Memorial Cemetery in Joplin, Newton County, Missouri. According to her obituary [Cyril Weekly News, Thursday, February 14, 1980] the couple lived in Broken Bow a number of years and May came to the Cyril and Cement communities in the 1960's after William died. This is where she would spend the rest of her life. She died on 5 February 1980, at the Anadarko Municipal Hospital, following an extended illness and was buried in the Verden Cemetery, in Verden, Grady County, Oklahoma. This is also where her mother and several other extend family members are buried. |
© The Verden News Verden, Oklahoma March 31, 1950 August 20,1901 ~ March 27, 1950 RANDOLPH OSBORNE RITES TO BE HELD SUNDAY Funeral services for Randolph Osborne, 48, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 2, at the Story Baptist Church, three miles west and two miles north of Maysville, Okla. Rev Johnnie R. Walker, pastor of the Noble Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Verden Cemetery with the Stufflebeam Funeral Home of Pauls Valley in charge and the Hansen Funeral Home assisting. Mr. Osborne died at 10:30 a.m. Monday at his home in Oakland, California of cerebral hemorrhage. He was born August 20, 1901 at Verden. He attended the Verden schools and farmed north of Verden until 1933 when he moved to Maysville where he lived until he moved to California in 1941. He married Mary Franklin in 1920. She died in 1923. He later married Eunice Rowe. He was a member of the Story Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Eunice, Oakland, Calif; one daughter, Mrs Yvonne Rice, Maysville; one son, Dewayne, Oakland; father, John R. Osborne, Maysville; mother, Mrs Alice Osborne, Maysville; three brothers, Frank Osborne, Los Angeles, Calif.; M. E. Osborne, Phoenix, Arizona; and John Osborne, Maysville; four sisters, Mrs Emma Lopez and Mrs Thelma McDaniel, Norman; Mrs Mae Walker, Oakland, Calif.; and Mrs Mary Dean Rice, Maysville; and two grandchildren, Harold and Randy Rice of Maysville. |
Verden, Oklahoma December 1924 July 15, 1904 ~ December 2, 1924 Death, as night, comes when it will, Fades the light and all is still. Mary Ann Franklin was born July 15, 1904, in Grady Co., Tuttle, Okla. She was converted and joined the Presbyterian church at the age of eleven years of which she was a member at her death. She was married to Randolph Osborne November 15, 1920. To this union was born one child. Mary Ann departed this life December 2, being 19 years, 4 months and 17 days old. She leaves a husband, daughter, father, mother, three sisters, three brothers, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her departure. Her sister, Mr. E. L. Platz of Shoshone, Idaho, was unable to attend the funeral. The services were conducted at the Methodist church Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. The burial was made at the Verden cemetery, sorrounded by relatives and friends and was a fitting end to her "Perfect Day." The many beautiful floral offerings fulfilled the purpose for which they were sent. Among us she ranked as a woman of culture, refinement and sympathy. She was a loving daughter, a faithful wife, a devoted mother and a true friend. By her departure we have all lost - but baby Yvonne has lost that which can never by regained, "the fairest of jewels, her mother." Strange we never miss the music until the sweet voiced bird has flown, strange we never prize the violet until its lovely flower is gone. Strange that summer sun and sunshine never seem one half so fair as when winter's snowy pinion scatters white down on the air. And now may "He who tempers the wind for the shorn land watch, comfort and guide them till they too, shall pass from the known to the unknown and join her in that 'house not made with hands' where sorrow and death shall not enter, but forever and ever shall be a home of happiness and pleasure untold and life everlasting." A Friend Note: Mother of Yvonne Louise [Osborne] Rice. Sister of Brian Franklin & 2 brothers & Martha & Isa Franklin + 1 sister |
© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma February 22, 1985 January 31, 1909 ~ February 21, 1985 Funeral services for Melton Eden "Bud" Osborne, of P. O. Box 247, Verden, OK, were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, February 25, 1985 at the First Methodist Church in Verden. Rev Ed Whitley officiated and Rev Spencer Ahpeahtone of Carnegie assisted. Melton was born January 31, 1909 in Verden and he died February 21, 1985, in Verden. He and Viola Talkington were married on September 10, 1929 in Verden. Mr. Osborne returned to Verden, OK. in 1964 from California. He had worked in the Verden area as a self-employed plumber. Mr Osborne was an American Indian of the Delaware Tribe and held the position of Elder of the Tribe. He was a member of the First Methodist Church in Verden. Mr Osborne was a former member of the Verden Lions Club and of the Independent Order of Oddfellows. He was preceded in death by both parents, John R. Osborne and Alice F. Fitzpatrick, four brothers, and one sister and a grandson, Dane Eden Osborne. He is survived by his wife, Viola T. Osborne of the home, 1 daughter, Chiquita Anne Downes of Pasagoula, Miss., 1 son, David M. Osborne of Shawnee, OK., 3 sisters, Thelma McDaniel of Texas, Mary Rice of Encinitas, Calif., Mae Walker of San Jose, Calif, 6 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Interment will be in the Verden Cemetery under the direction of Hansen-Binyon Chapel. |
© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma May 3, 1992 November 10, 1911 ~ April 30, 1992 Graveside funeral for Viola T. Osborne, 80, Verden, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 4, 1992, in Verden Cemetery. She was born November 10, 1911, in Verden and died Thursday, April 30, 1992, in Grady Memorial Hospital, Chickasha. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church in Verden. She and Melton Eden Osborne were married in September, 1929. He preceded her in death. Survivors include one son and his wife, David M. and Clara Osborne of Shawnee; one daughter and her husband, Chiquita and John G. Downes of Verden; six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Burial will be under the direction of Steverson Funeral Home of Anadarko. |
