Sylvia Linville

©Blackwell Journal Tribune

April 26, 1954

Submitted by: Shirley Harlan

Mrs. Linville, 67, Long of Tonkawa; Rites Wednesday

Tonkawa,April 26--Longtime resident of this area, Mrs. Sylvia Linville, 67, 703 E. Grand, died at her home at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. She had been ill for 2 weeks.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church, Rev. Ed Reinhardt, pastor, officiating.

Burial will be at the Tonkawa IOOF Cemetery under direction of McCafferty Funeral Home.

Mrs. Linville was born at Beloit, Kans., Nov 6, 1886, and came to Oklahoma shortly after the opening of the Cherokee Strip. She had lived in this vicinity since that time. She operated a confectionery in the 200 block on South Main for a number of years.

Her husband preceded her in death in 1920.

Survivors are three daughters; Mrs. Don Harris of Pauls Valley; Mrs. Hazel Moss of Oklahoma City; and Mrs. Thelma Pettit of Fort Worth; and a brother, W. E. Baird of Tonkawa.

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