Okey, Adelaide Okey
Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, February 21, 1935
Miss Adelaide Okey, a resident of Monmouth, Ill., since 1913, passed away at 6:20 o'clock Saturday morning, Feb. 16th at her home, 223 South Sixth street. She had been a sufferer from a complication of ailments since December, and for the past week her condition had been critical.
The deceased was the daughter of Woodman and Eliza Ann (Mason) Okey, and was born at Woodsfield, Ohio, November 22, 1851. She went to Monmouth in the spring of 1913 and had lived there since that time.
One of six children, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. John Lang of Roseville and Miss Lucy Okey of Monmouth. The late Alfred Okey, of Monmouth was a brother. She leaves also, the following nieces and nephews; Miss Ruth Okey, California; Elmer Okey, of Des Moines; Miss Mary Okey, Mathaston, Mississippi; Ralph Okey, of Monmouth; Mrs. Lester Rusk, of Sioux City, Iowa; Miss Salome Lang, of Roseville. The late Frank Lang of the Roseville community was also a nephew.
Miss Okey was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church and was always present at the services when her strength permitted. She was active in various organizations of the church and had been particularly interested in the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society. Hers was a quiet, beautiful character, firm in the matter of principal and of right.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon followed by interment in the Monmouth cemetery.
Miss Okey was a member of one of Monroe County's oldest families and older residents in and near Woodsfield remember her most kindly. She and her sister Lucy lived north of town and when their brother Alfred and family went to Illinois, they moved there also and were near each other in the Monmouth community.
Many friends here join in sympathy with the bereaved sister and other relatives.
Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, February 21, 1935
Miss Adelaide Okey, a resident of Monmouth, Ill., since 1913, passed away at 6:20 o'clock Saturday morning, Feb. 16th at her home, 223 South Sixth street. She had been a sufferer from a complication of ailments since December, and for the past week her condition had been critical.
The deceased was the daughter of Woodman and Eliza Ann (Mason) Okey, and was born at Woodsfield, Ohio, November 22, 1851. She went to Monmouth in the spring of 1913 and had lived there since that time.
One of six children, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. John Lang of Roseville and Miss Lucy Okey of Monmouth. The late Alfred Okey, of Monmouth was a brother. She leaves also, the following nieces and nephews; Miss Ruth Okey, California; Elmer Okey, of Des Moines; Miss Mary Okey, Mathaston, Mississippi; Ralph Okey, of Monmouth; Mrs. Lester Rusk, of Sioux City, Iowa; Miss Salome Lang, of Roseville. The late Frank Lang of the Roseville community was also a nephew.
Miss Okey was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church and was always present at the services when her strength permitted. She was active in various organizations of the church and had been particularly interested in the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society. Hers was a quiet, beautiful character, firm in the matter of principal and of right.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon followed by interment in the Monmouth cemetery.
Miss Okey was a member of one of Monroe County's oldest families and older residents in and near Woodsfield remember her most kindly. She and her sister Lucy lived north of town and when their brother Alfred and family went to Illinois, they moved there also and were near each other in the Monmouth community.
Many friends here join in sympathy with the bereaved sister and other relatives.
Okey, Adelaide Okey
Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, February 21, 1935
Miss Adelaide Okey, a resident of Monmouth, Ill., since 1913, passed away at 6:20 o'clock Saturday morning, Feb. 16th at her home, 223 South Sixth street. She had been a sufferer from a complication of ailments since December, and for the past week her condition had been critical.
The deceased was the daughter of Woodman and Eliza Ann (Mason) Okey, and was born at Woodsfield, Ohio, November 22, 1851. She went to Monmouth in the spring of 1913 and had lived there since that time.
One of six children, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. John Lang of Roseville and Miss Lucy Okey of Monmouth. The late Alfred Okey, of Monmouth was a brother. She leaves also, the following nieces and nephews; Miss Ruth Okey, California; Elmer Okey, of Des Moines; Miss Mary Okey, Mathaston, Mississippi; Ralph Okey, of Monmouth; Mrs. Lester Rusk, of Sioux City, Iowa; Miss Salome Lang, of Roseville. The late Frank Lang of the Roseville community was also a nephew.
Miss Okey was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church and was always present at the services when her strength permitted. She was active in various organizations of the church and had been particularly interested in the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society. Hers was a quiet, beautiful character, firm in the matter of principal and of right.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon followed by interment in the Monmouth cemetery.
Miss Okey was a member of one of Monroe County's oldest families and older residents in and near Woodsfield remember her most kindly. She and her sister Lucy lived north of town and when their brother Alfred and family went to Illinois, they moved there also and were near each other in the Monmouth community.
Many friends here join in sympathy with the bereaved sister and other relatives.
Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, February 21, 1935
Miss Adelaide Okey, a resident of Monmouth, Ill., since 1913, passed away at 6:20 o'clock Saturday morning, Feb. 16th at her home, 223 South Sixth street. She had been a sufferer from a complication of ailments since December, and for the past week her condition had been critical.
The deceased was the daughter of Woodman and Eliza Ann (Mason) Okey, and was born at Woodsfield, Ohio, November 22, 1851. She went to Monmouth in the spring of 1913 and had lived there since that time.
One of six children, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. John Lang of Roseville and Miss Lucy Okey of Monmouth. The late Alfred Okey, of Monmouth was a brother. She leaves also, the following nieces and nephews; Miss Ruth Okey, California; Elmer Okey, of Des Moines; Miss Mary Okey, Mathaston, Mississippi; Ralph Okey, of Monmouth; Mrs. Lester Rusk, of Sioux City, Iowa; Miss Salome Lang, of Roseville. The late Frank Lang of the Roseville community was also a nephew.
Miss Okey was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church and was always present at the services when her strength permitted. She was active in various organizations of the church and had been particularly interested in the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society. Hers was a quiet, beautiful character, firm in the matter of principal and of right.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon followed by interment in the Monmouth cemetery.
Miss Okey was a member of one of Monroe County's oldest families and older residents in and near Woodsfield remember her most kindly. She and her sister Lucy lived north of town and when their brother Alfred and family went to Illinois, they moved there also and were near each other in the Monmouth community.
Many friends here join in sympathy with the bereaved sister and other relatives.
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