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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma May 9, 1951 April 18, 1880 ~ May 2, 1951 Mrs. Siler Rites In Alfalfa Church Alfalfa, May 7.--Services for Mrs. Lillie Maye Siler were at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Baptist church at Alfalfa with Rev. A.C. Hawkins officiating. Arrangements were in charge of the Pitcher Funeral Home. Burial was in the Alfalfa cemetery. Mrs. Siler died at 6 a.m. Wednesday of last week after an illness of 10 days. She made her home with her son, Theo, at Alfalfa. Lillie Maye Casey was born April 18, 1880 in Searcy county, Ark. She was married to L.L. Siler in 1899. They came to Oklahoma in 1900 and located in Eufaula where Mr. Siler died in 1923. Mrs. Siler had lived in Alfalfa the past three years. She was a member of the Baptist church at Alfalfa. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Betty Dobbs, Calastoga, Cal., and Mrs. Lena Stephenson, Pemberton, Oregon; five sons, Leo, Vinita; Theo, Alfalfa; J.D., Tulsa; Raymond, McAlester; and Cleo of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Martha Bird, Shawnee, and Mrs. Rose Lewis, Eufaula, and 19 grandchildren. |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma September 8, 1971 January 16, 1909 ~ September 5, 1971 Siemens Rites Held at Alfalfa Funeral services for Henry A. Siemens, 61, father of Mrs. Gene Lee of Carnegie, was held Wednesday, September 8, at the Alfalfa Baptist church. Rev. Loyd Randolph officiated. Siemens had been in failing health the past three years. Interment was in the Alfalfa cemetery. Siemens was born January 16, 1910 in Caddo county. He was a farmer in the Corn community for several years. In 1960 he moved to Eakly where he did soil conservation construction work. He suffered a stroke three years ago and was living in the Carnegie Nursing Home. He died Sunday afternoon, September 5, in the Carnegie hospital. He was a member of the Alfalfa Odd Fellow Lodge and was a Scoutmaster for several years at Corn and later at Alfalfa. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jewel, and his father, Abe Siemens. Survivors include his mother, Gertrude Siemens of Reedley, Calif.; four children, Mrs. Lee of Alfalfa, Jim Siemens of Yuma, Ariz., Alice Goerenger of Las Vages, Nev. and Gerald Siemens of San Diego, Calif.; three brothers, George of Illinois, Frank of Reedley, Calif., and Eddie of Wichita Falls, Tex.; four sisters, Easter Hamburg, San Pabelo, Calif., Rachel Bar, Selma, Calif., Ruby McDougle, Hobbs, N.M. and Leah Duggins, Arapho; and five grandchildren. |