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Quellen-Verweis NI01462 :

Personen : Eck Catherine Theresa
Burial: Newkirk Cemetery, Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma.

Quellen-Verweis NI01463 :

Personen : Schmidt Edward H.
Color of Eyes: Blue
Color of Hair: Brown
Burial: Newkirk Cemetery, Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma.

Quellen-Verweis NI01464 :

Personen : Eck Theresa Matilda
Social Security Number: 441-48-2842
Name Issued: Theresa Behara
Issued: Oklahoma (1963)
Residence: Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma
Burial: Newkirk Cemetery, Kay County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NI01465 :

Personen : Eck Louisa "Louise"
Burial: Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas.
Social Security Number: 515-40-5606
Issued: Kansas
Last Residence: Cedar Vale, Chautauqua County, Kansas.

Quellen-Verweis NI01466 :

Personen : Eck Joseph "Joe" Frank
Social Security Number: 440-38-9213
Issued: Oklahoma (1954 and 1955)
Residence: Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma
Last Benefit: Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma
Born: June 12 1890
Died: March 1977
Burial: Newkirk Cemetery, Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma.

Quellen-Verweis NI01467 :

Personen : Eck Leo Martin
Burial: Newkirk Cemetery, Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma.

Quellen-Verweis NI01469 :

Personen : Eck Matilda
Social Security Number: 441-64-5592
Issued Under Name: Matilda Schmidt
Issued: Oklahoma
Last Residence: Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma
Born: July 5, 1899
Died: April 1987
Religion: Catholic

Quellen-Verweis NI01470 :

Personen : Eck Agnes Pauline
Social Security Number: 511-68-4501
Issued: Kansas
Last Residence: Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas

Quellen-Verweis NI01471 :

Personen : Eck Helena "Lena" Elizabeth
Burial: Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma.

Quellen-Verweis NI01473 :

Personen : Mitchell Hugh
Burial: Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma.

Quellen-Verweis NI01474 :

Personen : Eck Ellen Frances
Social Security Number: 515-30-2038
Issued: Kansas
Last Residence: Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
Ellen Frances Eck never married. She was the last living member of family in 1997.
Burial: Newkirk Cemetery, Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma.
Published Obituary: November 23, 2000 - The Wichita Eagle, Page: 10A, Wichita, Kansas:
Ellen F. Eck last member of family living in 1997.
Eck, Ellen Frances, 92, retired housekeeper, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000. Rosary 7 p.m. Sunday, Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home; funeral mass 10 a.m. Monday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Survivors: several nephews and nieces. Memorial established with Sacred Heart Catholic Church Altar Society.

Quellen-Verweis NI01475 :

Personen : Eck Ignacious "Enos" Frank
a/k/a - Ignatz F. Eck
a/k/a - Ignatze F. Eck
The 1910, 1920, and 1930 census has Ignacious "Enos" Frank Eck as immigrating from France to America in 1852.
Ignacious "Enos" Frank Eck was not naturalized as of 1930.
Burial: Grace Lawn Cemetery, Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

Quellen-Verweis NI01476 :

Personen : Eckert Theresia Love
a/k/a - Teresa "Therese" Love Eckert
a/k/a - Teresa Love Eckhardt
The 1880 US Census has Teresa Eck listed (Age: 70) with several of her children in Oconee Township, Shelby County, Illinois.
Cause of Death: Typhode fever.
Burial: February 19, 1885, [Section: A, Row: 16, Grave: 57] St. Francis Cemetery, Sugar Creek Township, Clinton County, Illinois. Tombstone says, "In memory of. Age 74y3m2d. Weep not, children, for me, For I am waiting in Glory for you."
Note: Aviston Village is in Sugar Creek Township, Clinton County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NI01477 :

Personen : Eck Mary Victoria
Mary Victoria (Eck) Swiney died within the family home in Assumption, Christian County, Illinois.
Burial: Pleasant View Cemetery (a/k/a - St. Mary's Cemetery), Assumption, Christian County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NI01478 :

Personen : Eck Carolus "Charles" Edward
a/k/a - Chase "Charley" E. Eck
Social Security Number: 497-40-0285
Issued: Missouri
Last Residence: Butler, Bates County, Missouri
Burial: Grace Lawn Cemetery, Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

Quellen-Verweis NI01479 :

Personen : Eck Louie "Buster" Joseph (Jr.)
Louie fell back within his high chair and struck his head, he died shortly thereafter.
Burial: Grace Lawn Cemetery, Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

Quellen-Verweis NI01483 :

Personen : Schepman Charles "Charley"
Social Security Number: 348-24-9329
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Pana, Christian County, Illinois

Quellen-Verweis NI01484 :

Personen : Schepman John M.
Social Security Number: 327-32-0229
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: (Not Listed)

Quellen-Verweis NI01485 :

Personen : Schepman Mary
Social Security Number: 356-16-1373
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Assumption, Christian County, Illinois

Quellen-Verweis NI01486 :

Personen : DeClerck Phillip
Social Security Number: 356-03-9220
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Assumption, Christian County, Illinois

Quellen-Verweis NI01489 :

Personen : Vits Robert Francis
Social Security Number: 320-32-3434
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Stonington, Christian County, Illinois.
Obituary - June 1984, Unknown newspaper.
Robert F. Vits
Funeral mass was held at noon Wednesday, June 13, 1984, in St. Patrick's Catholic Church for Robert F. Vits, 78, of RR 4, Pana, who died June 10, in Pana Community Hospital.
The Rev. Fr. B. H. La Bonte officiated at the service. Music was by Ralph Jones, organist and Jack Erisman, soloist. Serving as casket bearers were Jack Epley, Jim Epley, Larry Epley, Lester Schmitz, Dean Hildebrand and Roger Hildebrand. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery.
D. J. Kennedy & Sons Memorial Home was in charge of arrangements.

Quellen-Verweis NI01493 :

Personen : Vits Dorothy J.
Social Security Number: 351-34-2318
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Pana, Christian County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NI01494 :

Personen : Vits Helen M.
Social Security Number: 344-44-9948
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Rosamond, Christian County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NI01498 :

Personen : Monaghan John
John was a bachelor, and he lived his entire life in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota.
Burial: May 2, 1994, St. Marys Cementary, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota.

Quellen-Verweis NI01499 :

Personen : Monaghan Arthur Edward
Social Security Number: 476-01-7340
Issued: Minnesota
Last Residence: Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota.
Burial: March 27, 1978, St. Marys Cementary, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota.

Quellen-Verweis NI01500 :

Personen : Monaghan James Paul
Burial: November 8, 1971, Calvary Cemetery, Livingston, Park County, Montana,

Quellen-Verweis NI01503 :

Personen : Vits Anna Cecilla
Social Security Number: 327-24-5492
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Taylorville, Christian County, Illinois.
Published in the Herald & Review - Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.
Date: February 12, 2000
Section: Obituaries
Page: A5
TAYLORVILLE - Celilia Vits, 87, Taylorville, retired farm owner, died Friday (Feb. 11, 2000). Member: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Taylorville, and Catholic Daughters of America. Survivors: cousins, Sister Mary Ellen Lacy OP, Springfield; Anna Craft, Hamilton, Mont.; Marie Lacy, Assumption. Preceded by: parents and one sister.
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Taylorville. Visitation: one hour before services in the church. Burial: St. Mary's Cemetery, Taylorville. Arrangements by: Connolly-McClure Funeral Home, Taylorville. Memorials: Skilled Nursing Facility in St. Vincent Memorial Hospital or St. Mary's Catholic Church, Taylorville.

Quellen-Verweis NI01506 :

Personen : Vits Neil R.
Social Security Number: 336-32-7274
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Pana, Christian County, Illinois.
School Alumni List:
Name: Vits, Neil
Year: 1929
School/Group: Lakeview
Located: Christian County, Illinois
Residence: Pana Township
Notes: Teacher - Mildred L Rau
In 1932, Neil R. Vits is an honor roll student at Pana Township High School, Pana Township, Christian County, Illinois.
In 1933, Neil R. Vits graduated from Pana Township High School, Pana Township, Christian County, Illinois.
Published June 23, 1989, State Journal-Register, Page: 34, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois:
HILLSBORO - Neil R. Vits - 76, of Hillsboro, formerly of Pana, died at 7:40 a.m. Thursday at Hillsboro Hospital.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Kennedy and Sons Funeral Home, Pana, with burial in Calvary Cemetery, Pana.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Gladys Whitlatch of Hillsboro.

Quellen-Verweis NI01507 :

Personen : Vits Gladys Marie
Published - Unknown Newspaper:
Services for Gladys M. Whitlatch, formerly of Hillsboro, will be held at 10 A.M. Monday in Patton Memorial Home there with the Rev. Chuck Ramsey, pastor of Our Savior's Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery, Nokomis. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. The family suggests memorials be directed to Heart Association or the Cancer Society.
Mrs. Whitlach died Thursday, October 8, 1998, in Winter Haven, Fla. She was 80 years old on January 19. She worked as a beautician before she retired and was a graduate of the Decatur School of Beauty Culture. She was born in Bantury, N.D., a daughter of Joseph and Edith Thompson Vits. The family moved to Pana when she was a small child. Her first husband, Emory Morgan, whom she married in 1944, died in 1974. She married Carl Whitlatch in 1980. He died in 1988. Surviving are a son, Eugene Morgan and wife Patricia of Winter Haven; step daughter, Judy Burk and Duane in Illinois; step son, Bell Whitlatch and wife Diane in Illinois; five grandchildren, seven step grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and eight step great grandchildren. Among others surviving is her mother in law, Alma Morgan, who at age 97 lives in Schram City. Preceding her in death were a brother, Neil Vits in 1989 and a sister, Josephine in infancy.
Published October 9, 1998 - Tampa Tribune, Page: 9, Tampa, Florida:
WHITLATCH, Gladys Marie Vits, 80, of Winter Haven died Thursday. Crisp-Coon Funeral Homes, Winter Haven.

Quellen-Verweis NI01508 :

Personen : Botts Louise
Social Security Number: 327-32-2169
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Pana, Christian County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NI01509 :

Personen : Vits Donald Anthony
Published in the Herald & Review - Decatur, Maron County, Illinois.
Date: April 17, 1994
Section: Obituaries
Page: B2
ASSUMPTION - Donald Anthony Vits, 63, of rural Pana died 1 p.m. Thursday (April 14, 1994) in Memorial Hospital, Logansport, Ind.
Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Assumption. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday in Seitz Funeral Home, Assumption, with 6:45 p.m. prayer service. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Assumption. Memorials: American Heart Association.
Mr. Vits was born Jan. 23, 1931, in Peoria, the son of George and Louise Botts Vits. He was a farmer, a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Pana Knights of Columbus. He married Joan Wood on Dec. 29, 1950, in Assumption.
Surviving are his wife; daughters, Beverly Ann and husband Lew Alwardt of Milford; Kathleen and husband John Readnour of Tower Hill; grandchildren, Micah Alwardt and Jerod Alwardt, both of Milford; Jeremy and wife Tara Milligan of Taylorville; Joni Milligan of Tower Hill; Zach Readnour of Tower Hill; Mark and Elizabeth Readnour, both of Litchfield.
He was preceded in death by one son, Donald Joseph Vits.

Quellen-Verweis NI01510 :

Personen : Lockwood Viola
Published in the Herald & Review - Decatur, Maron County, Illinois.
Date: January 22, 1996
Section: Obituaries
Page: A11
PANA -- Viola Vits, 81, Pana, died Sunday (Jan. 21, 1996). Arrangements incomplete: Kennedy & Sons Funeral Home, Pana.
Published in the Herald & Review - Decatur, Maron County, Illinois.
Date: January 23, 1996
Section: Obituaries
Page: A6
PANA -- Viola Vits, 81, Pana, died Saturday (Jan. 20, 1996).
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Pana. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Kennedy & Sons Funeral Home, Pana, with 7:30 p.m. wake service. Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Pana.

Quellen-Verweis NI01511 :

Personen : Vits George Darwin
This information is restricted, but it's available upon request to related family members.

Quellen-Verweis NI01512 :

Personen : Vits Donald Eugene
This information is restricted, but it's available upon request to related family members.

Quellen-Verweis NI01513 :

Personen : Carrol Doris
Published in the Herald & Review - Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.
Date: November 6, 1991
Section: Obituaries
Page: A11
PANA - Doris Vits, 85, Pana, died Monday (Nov. 4, 1991). Survivors: sons, James E., Tower Hill; Joseph W., Kankakee; daughter, Joyce Havrilka, Pana; sister, Grace Mansfield, Nokomis.
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, St. Patrick?s Catholic Church, Pana. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Kennedy & Sons Funeral Home, Pana, with 7:30 p.m. rosary.
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Pana.

Quellen-Verweis NI01514 :

Personen : Vits James Edward
This information is restricted, but it's available upon request to related family members.

Quellen-Verweis NI01515 :

Personen : Vits Joyce Lorraine
This information is restricted, but it's available upon request to related family members.

Quellen-Verweis NI01517 :

Personen : Vits Joseph "Joe" William
This information is restricted, but it's available upon request to related family members.

Quellen-Verweis NI01518 :

Personen : Forsythe Charles Everett
Social Security Number: 361-14-5421
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Pana, Christian County, Illinois.
Cause of Death: Acute Myocardial Infraction, Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease.
Address: 708 Fair Ave Pana, Illinois 62557
Charles Forsythe went by Everett or C.E. as first name.
Was a Teamster, worked as an electrician, and in house rentals.
Worked as a truck driver hauling coal for Victory Coal Mining Company, Pana Mines, and Penwell Coal: Pana, Illinois from 1940-1944.
Additional information on Charles Everett Forsythe:
Pana News Palladium Article about helping clean up Kitchell Park for Spring Cleaning - 3/12/1959.
National Council Boy Scouts of America - certificate for Scoutmaster troop No. 1, Rosamond, Illinois - Year June 1925.

Quellen-Verweis NI01519 :

Personen : Forsythe Rowena Florence
Published in the Herald & Review - Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.
Date: July 13, 1991
Section: Obituaries
Page: A5
PANA - Rowena A. Beyers, 65, Westville, formerly of the Pana Rosamond area, died Friday (July 12, 1991). Survivors: husband, Robert D. Sr.; sons, Rick, Westville; James, Georgetown; Mark, Oakwood; daughters, Mary Christine McDermott, Louisville, Ky.; Eileen Barton, Westville; sister, Regine Ermovick, Tucson, Ariz.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Pana. Visitation: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Wolfe Funeral Home, Westville, with 8:30 p.m. rosary, and after 9 a.m. Monday, Kennedy Funeral Home, Pana. Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Pana.

Quellen-Verweis NI01522 :

Personen : Vits Rosemary
This information is restricted, but it's available upon request to related family members.

Quellen-Verweis NI01523 :

Personen : Vits Leon Frank (Jr.)
This information is restricted, but it's available upon request to related family members.

Quellen-Verweis NI01531 :

Personen : Carter Monica
This information is restricted, but it's available upon request to related family members.

Quellen-Verweis NI01534 :

Personen : Joley Charles Leon (Sr.)
Social Security Number: 344-05-9242
Issued: Illinois
Last Residence: Pana, Christian County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NI01535 :

Personen : Joley Esther Marguerite
Published in the Herald & Review - Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.
Date: June 11, 2007
Section: Obituaries
Page: D3
PANA - Marguerite Ramseyer, 84, Pana, retired teacher, died Saturday (June 9, 2007).
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, First United Presbyterian Church, Pana. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, McCracken-Dean Funeral Home, Pana. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Pana. Memorials: First United Presbyterian Church or Pana Education Foundation. Send condolences: www.mdfh.com.
Member: First United Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Women. Survivors: son, James Collins, Chicago; Anne Nicolas, Pana; Connie Alexander, Beaumont, Texas; stepdaughter, Maxine Ramseyer, Morton Grove; brother, Charles "Chod" Joley, Litchfield, S.C.; four grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; one great-grandchild, eight great-stepgrandchildren. Preceded by: parents; husbands, Herschel L. Collins and Earl S. Ramseyer; one son; one stepson; one sister; and one stepgrandson.
The below obituary is from the McCracken-Dean Funeral Home web site:
Marguerite Ramseyer, 84, of Pana died Saturday, June 9, 2007 at 3:43 p.m. in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, IL. She was born September 26, 1922 in Pana, IL, daughter of Charles L. & Elizabeth Ricketts Joley. A graduate of Pana Township High School she earned a teaching certificate after two years of college. After her first husband passed away, she went back to college and received a degree in education from Eastern Illinois University in 1973.
She taught at Lincoln School, Pana, retiring in 1979. Marguerite was a member of First United Presbyterian Church, Pana, and Presbyterian Women, Tuesday Club, Chapter HD P.E.O., Pana Educational Association, Friday Movie Bunch, all in Pana; and Past Worthy Matron of Tacusah Chapter #682 Order of Eastern Star, Assumption.
She married Herschel L. Collins on August 28, 1943 in Pana; he died May 25, 1966. She then married Earl S. Ramseyer on February 22, 1975 in Pana; he died December 23, 1994.
Marguerite is survived by her son: James Collins & partner Michael Miller, Chicago, IL; two daughters: Anne Nicolas & husband Richard, Pana, IL and Connie Alexander & husband Paul, Beaumont, TX; step daughter: Maxine Ramseyer, Morton Grove, IL; 4 grandchildren: Michael Nieto & wife Kelly; Matthew Nicolas & wife Joanna; Greg Nicolas & Bryan Nicolas; 1 great grandson Nathan Nicolas; 3 step grandchildren: Steve Ramseyer & wife Liz, Bruce Ramseyer & wife Lisa; Calvin Ramseyer; 8 step great grandchildren; and brother: Charles "Chod" Joley, Litchfield, SC.
She was preceded in death by her father Charles L. Joley; mother Elizabeth Joley Rock; two husbands; son David C. Collins in infancy; step son Conway Ramseyer; step grandson Cameron Ramseyer; and by her sister Norma Anderson.
Funeral Information: Funeral services will be Tuesday, June 12, 2007 in First United Presbyterian Church, 301 East Second Street, Pana, IL at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Marilyn Rauch officiating. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery, Pana. Friends may call Monday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at McCracken-Dean Funeral Home, 308 East Second Street, Pana, IL. Eastern Star rites will follow visitation at 8 P.M. by Tacusah Chapter #682, Assumption.
Donations Information: Memorials may be made to First United Presbyterian Chruch, 301 East Second Street, Pana, IL 62557 or Pana Educational Foundation, P. O. Box 377, 14 East Main Street, Pana, IL 62557.
Funeral Home: McCracken-Dean Funeral Home
Service: 1st U Presbyterian, Pana

Quellen-Verweis NI01537 :

Personen : Behara John Frederick
Burial: Newkirk Cemetery, Kay County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NI01538 :

Personen : Behara Bernard George
Social Security Number: 448-18-0615
Issued: Oklahoma
Last Residence: Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma
Published July 23, 1998 - Newkirk News, Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma.
Bernard Behara Celebrates 89th:
A birthday reception for Bernard Behara will be held on Saturday, August 1, from 2-4 pm in the St. Mary's Church Parish Hall at 421 South 7th in Ponca City. All friends and relatives are invited. The family requests no gifts.
Bernard G. Behara, 724 N. 14th of Ponca City, Oklahoma was born August 8, 1909 to John F and Theresa (Eck) Behara.
He attended Cooper School which was located East of Newkirk.
He was the second of 7 children. His siblings included: Edna Schuchman, Clara Huster, Catherine Arnett, Opal Bryson, Dorothy and Joe Sheik, and John and Florence Behara.
He and Claudine (Tipton) Behara were married July 28, 1937, she died July 22, 1979. He went to work at Conoco and was there for 30 plus years. He also worked at the First Baptist Church in Ponca City for over 30 years. He did carpentry and painting on the side, which he still enjoys today. Presently he is building stools for his great grandchildren.
The Beharas raised 7 children including: Keith Behara, Opal (Behara) Grimeley, Lois (Behara) Thomason, Mary (Behara) Fredricks, Connie (Behara) Liberton, Max Behara, and Claudia (Behara) Rock.
Behara's oldest living relative is his Aunt Ellen Eck of Arkansas City who is also 89 years of age this year.
He has 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
Published Sunday, July 26, 1998, Ponca City News, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma:
Celebration Will Honor Mr. Behara
Family and friends are invited to attend a birthday celebration for Bernard G. Behara from 2-4 p.m. Aug. 1, at St. Mary's Catholic Church Parish Hall, 421 South Seventh.
Born Aug. 8, 1909, he will be 89. The son of John F. and Teresa (Eck) Behara, and the second of seven children, Behara grew up east of Newkirk and attended Cooper school.
Behara and the former Claudine Tipton were married on July 28, 1937, and they reared seven children. Their children and spouses are: Bernard Keith Behara and Sue, Mary (Behara) Fredricks and Marion, Connie (Behara) Liberton, all of Ponca City; Max Behara and Rosanna of Perry; Opal (Behara) Grimley and Jerry of Rio Rancho, N.M.; Lois (Behara) Thomason and Melvin of Weatherford, Texas, and Claudia (Behara) Rock and Bob of Fullerton, Calif. He has 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Behara retired from Conoco after more than 30 years. He was a painter and carpenter, and still enjoys woodworking.
Mr. Behara has a sister, Dorothy (Behara) Sheik and her husband Joe, as well as a sister-in-law, Florence Behara, wife to his late brother, John Behara, all residing in Newkirk. One aunt, Ellen Eck, resides in Arkansas City.
Other sisters and their spouses who are now deceased are Clara (Behara) Huster and Frank, Edna (Behara) Schuchman and Paul, Catherine (Behara) Arnett and Don, and Opal (Behara) Brunson.
Published February 25, 1999, Newkirk Herald Journal, Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma:
Bernard George Behara
Bernard George Behara, Ponca City resident and formerly of Newkirk, died Friday afternoon, February 19, 1999 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Ponca City. He was 89.
The son of John Fredrick and Teresa Matilda (Eck) Behara, he was born August 8, 1909 east of Newkirk. He grew up in rural Newkirk and attended Cooper Rural School.
On July 28, 1937 he and Claudine Mary Tipton were married in Newkirk. They established their home on a farm east of Newkirk where they lived until September 1942 when they moved to Ponca City. He began working for Conoco and worked until his retirement in 1973 with 30 years of service as head operator. He had also been employed as carpenter and painter at the First Baptist Church in Ponca City for 30 years.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ponca City and the Knights of Columbus. For many years he helped with the bingo games at St. Mary's. He enjoyed his children and grandchildren, and his flower and vegetable gardens. He also enjoyed his woodworking projects in the basement.
His survivors include two sons and their wives, Bernard Keith and Sue Behara of Ponca City and Max and Rosanna Behara of Perry; five daughters and their husbands, Mary and Marion Fredricks of Ponca City, Connie Liberton of Ponca City, Opal and Jerry Grimley of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Lois and Melvin Thomason of Weatherford, Texas, Claudia and Bob Rock of Fullerton, California; one sister and her husband, Dorothy and Joe Sheik of Newkirk; five sisters-in-law, Florence Behara of Newkirk and Dorys Peters, both of Newkirk, Catherine Kennedy of Rosebud, Arkansas, Bertha Smith of Silver City, New Mexico and Vineta & Leroy Peters of Ponca City; and an aunt, Ella Eck of Arkansas City.
He is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and their spouses, Darin Behara of Weatherford, Tim and Wanda (Behara) Stein of Ponca City, Joe and Malinda (Behara) Farley of Ponca City, Toss and Julia (Grimley) Patterson of Edgewood, New Mexico, Jill Grimley of Beebe, Arkansas, Aaron and Debra (Thomason) Wand of Stephenville, Texas, Mike and Leslie Thomason of Arlington, Texas, Brian Fredricks of Ponca City. Also Ronnie and Kerry (Fredricks) Carter of Ponca City, Tina Liberton of Oklahoma City, Eric Liberton and Arron Liberton both of Ponca City, Travis and Kristal Behara of Okmulgee, Cory and Shannon Behara of Edmond, Jason Behara of Ponca City and Kyle Rock of Fullerton, California.
Great-grandchildren are Courtney, Jeremy and Hunter Stein of Ponca City, Tanner Farley of Ponca City, Maddison and Colbie Grimley of Beebe, Arkansas, Sarah and Tayler Patterson of Edgewood, New Mexico, Brandon, Mikayla and Jessica Wand of Stephenville, Texas, Dayton and Ian Thomason of Arlington, Texas, and Cody and Shannon Behara of Okmulgee.
He is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife Claudine on July 22, 1979; his parents; one brother, John Behara; four sisters, Clara Huster, Edna Schuchman, Catherine Arnett and Opal Brunson; and a brother in law, Keith Tipton.
The Rosary was at 7 p.m. Monday evening in the Miller-Stahl Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bosco Pudhuta. Mass of the Ressurection was celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 23 in St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. John Michalicka as celebrant and assisted by Deacon Dick Robinson. Burial followed in the Newkirk Cemetery under the direction of Miller-Stahl Funeral Service.
Grandchildren served as casket bearers.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Behara's memory to the American Cancer Association, Hospice of Ponca City, the American Diabetes Association or Life Line of Ponca City through either Pioneer Bank in Ponca City or Eastman National Bank, P.O. Box 468, Newkirk 74647-0468.

Quellen-Verweis NI01539 :

Personen : Behara John J.
Social Security Number: 442-32-0258
Issued: Oklahoma (1951)
Residence: Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma
Born: May 10, 1928
Died: June 15, 1992
Burial location: Newkirk Cemetery, Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma.

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