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George Emory Truscott

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George Emory Truscott

Birth
Kane, Greene County, Illinois, USA
Death
22 Oct 1940 (aged 85)
Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 2
Memorial ID
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George Emory Truscott, 85, of Bethany, a pioneer merchant of south Pottawatomie county, died in a local hospital at 1:30 Tuesday morning after a month's illness. Truscott came to Oklahoma in 1900 from Texas and established a mercantile business at Remus. He remained there four years and then moved his business to Maud, where he operated his store until 1920. For the past 13 years, he had been a resident of Bethany. He was a member of the Christian church there.

Surviving relatives include his wife, Mrs. G.E. Truscott, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. A.A. McAllister of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Leta Krippendorf of Tulsa; four sons, J.J. Truscott, A.A. Truscott and G.G. Truscott, all of Shawnee, and L.E. Truscott of California; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral will be held in the Roesch Brothers chapel at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. Carl V. Covey officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery at Oklahoma City. Bearers for the service will be L.H. O'Gee, Charles Riddle, Leroy Cooper, R.H. George, C. G. Graves and H.N. Scott.

{published in the Shawnee Morning News Wednesday October 23 1940; page 5}

George Emory Truscott, 85, of Bethany, a pioneer merchant of south Pottawatomie county, died in a local hospital at 1:30 Tuesday morning after a month's illness. Truscott came to Oklahoma in 1900 from Texas and established a mercantile business at Remus. He remained there four years and then moved his business to Maud, where he operated his store until 1920. For the past 13 years, he had been a resident of Bethany. He was a member of the Christian church there.

Surviving relatives include his wife, Mrs. G.E. Truscott, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. A.A. McAllister of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Leta Krippendorf of Tulsa; four sons, J.J. Truscott, A.A. Truscott and G.G. Truscott, all of Shawnee, and L.E. Truscott of California; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral will be held in the Roesch Brothers chapel at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. Carl V. Covey officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery at Oklahoma City. Bearers for the service will be L.H. O'Gee, Charles Riddle, Leroy Cooper, R.H. George, C. G. Graves and H.N. Scott.

{published in the Shawnee Morning News Wednesday October 23 1940; page 5}



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