William H. Kenner

Cheyenne Star

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Funeral rites for William H. Kenner, farmer and rancher of the Berlin community who died Friday afternoon January 23, 1959 in a car accident one mile east of Berlin were held Sunday at the Berlin school auditorium at 2:30 p.m. with Tom Kent, officiating.

Born May 21, 1890 at Lexington, Texas, he came to Oklahoma in 1900 and settled at Olustee, Oklahoma, later moving to Canute, where he resided until 1929 when he moved to his present home in the Berlin community.

A member of the American Legion and the DAV, he served 3 years in the U.S. Army in World War I.

His father, one sister and one brother preceded him in death.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Elsie Kenner of the home address, one daughter, Mrs. Octana Davis, Chickasha; two sons, Conard of Clovis, New Mexico and Clifford of Cheyenne; four grandchildren, his mother, Mrs. Mattie Kenner, Elk City; three sisters, Mrs. Ray Schooler, Mrs. Annie Powell of Elk City and Mrs. Maggie Teague, Wells, Colorado; three brothers, Marshall and Sike of Elk City, and Sam of Borger, Texas.

Committal was in the Berlin cemetery, Berlin, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.