© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma March 19, 1952 Henry Edward Stenger Stenger Services Sunday Afternoon, Christian Church Services for Henry Edward Stenger, 68, were at 2:30 Sunday afternoon in the First Christian church after his death march 19 in a Clinton hospital. He had been in failing health the past 10 years and was seriously ill for 10 days. Rev. Harry O. Hubbard, minister, conducted the services and burial was in the Carnegie cemetery under direction of the Pitcher Funeral Home. Mr. Stenger was born Jan. 7, 1884, near Houston, Mo. On Dec. 16, 1908, he was united in marriage to Julia Harding near Apache by Rev. W.A.R. Lovell, Christian minister, and to them five children were born. For many years the family lived in the community south of Carnegie. As a boy he became a member of the German Lutheran church in Houston. He was a charter member of the Alden Royal Neighbors and also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Survivors are his children, Mrs. Louise Monroe, Mrs. Florence Charles and Edward and Bill Stenger, Carnegie, and Alvin Stenger, Dallas, and five grandsons. Also a sister, Mrs. Louise Waltermire, Earlton, Kan., and three brothers, J.W. Stenger, Springfield, Mo.; Otto Stenger, Ozark, Mo., and Fred Stenger of Houston, Mo., and many other close relatives survive. Among relatives from a distance here for the services were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stenger, Ozark, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Balden and daughter, Rachel, and Sgt. and Mrs. James Harding, Enid; Mrs. E.R. Harding, Mrs. Ray Murphy and Kirtley Harding, Hydro, and Mrs. Forrest Dolen, E.W. Lesch and Henry Lesch of Apache. |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma May 3, 1953 Julia Florence Harding Stenger Mrs. Stenger Dies Sunday; Services In Baptist Church Services for Mrs. Julia Stenger, known by her many friends as "Ma," were at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Baptist church with Rev. Harry Hubbard and Rev. Roy C. Rowlan officiating. Burial was in the Carnegie cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of the Pitcher Funeral home. Mrs. Stenger died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the Carnegie hospital where she had been a patient since Jan. 21. She had been ill since last November. Julia Florence Harding was born at Fort Mitchell, Va., Jan. 18, 1890. She moved with her parents to Lowry City, Mo., and from there they came to Oklahoma in December, 1907, and settled near Apache. She was married to Henry Edward Stenger Dec. 16, 1908, near Apache by the late Rev. W. A. R. Lovell, Christian minister. In 1910 they moved to a farm in the Alden community. For the past 23 years she has lived in the Carnegie community. For nine years she operated a cafe, and thru her wide acquaintance acquired the name "Ma" Stenger. Mr. Stenger died March 19, 1952. She was converted and united with the Highill Baptist church in Lowry City in 1907. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Louise Monroe and Mrs. Florence Charles, Carnegie; three sons, Edward and Bill of Carnegie, and Alvin Stenger, Dallas; her mother, Mrs. E.R. Harding, Hydro; three sisters, Mrs. Dolly Balden, Enid; Mrs. Pearl Richards, Carnegie, and Mrs. Alice Murphy, Weatherford; eight brothers, Witt Harding, Irwin, Mo.; Cabell, Coville, Wash.; Ben and Rufus, Susanville, Calif.; Howard and Larry, Checotah; Sam, Ozark, Ark., and Kirt, Hydro, and six grandchildren. All of the relatives were here for the funeral except three of the brothers, Cabel, Ben and Rufus. |
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