Rosa (PHILLIPS) HAWORTH

PHILLIPS, HAWORTH, GOSSETT, MERKER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/20/2009 at 16:17:43

The Okeene Record
Okeene, Oklahoma
August 1940

OBITURAY - MRS. ROSA HAWORTH

Rosa PHILLIPS was born August 11, 1877, at Diagonal, Iowa. She came to Oklahoma at the opening of the Cheyenne and Arapaho county and grey (sic, grew) to womanhood with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S[amuel]. A. PHILLIPS, on a claim fives miles east of Okeene.

She was united in marriage [1896] to Lewis HAWORTH and to this union were born three children. One son, Clarence, preceded her in death in June, 1927.

Mrs. HAWORTH is survived by a daughter and a son, Mrs. Stella GOSSETT of Gracemont, and Nathan L. HAWORTH of Ada; four brothers and one sister, Oscar and Chas. PHILLIPS of Okeene, Sam PHILLIPS of Oklahoma City, Jim PHILLIPS of Missouri, and Mrs. Ed MERKER of Donaphin, Mo.

Mrs. HAWORTH died at Woodward [OK] and the body was brought to Okeene for burial beside her son in the Collins cemetery. Services were conducted at the Howley Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. G. C. HUTCHINS, pastor of the Methodist Church.