OK Obits

© Cheyenne Star
Apr 1963
Submitted by Wanda Purcell

Thomas Bud Cree

September 14, 1875 ~ April 5, 1963

Thomas Bud Cree, first born of Thomas B. And Melissa Cree in Texas, September 14, 1875 passed away April 5, 1963 in Redwood City, California, at the age of 87 years, 5 months and with his family moved to Panhandle, Texas when he was a boy. In 1894, He moved to Cheyenne, Oklahoma and resided there until 1905 when he married Ellen F. Kuder and they filed on a homestead in the Rankin community. Four children were born to this union.

He lived on his homestead until 1955 when he retired and moved to Erick, Oklahoma.

In 1955 upon the loss of his wife, he moved to Redwood City, California, where he resided with his son, E.A. Cree, until the time of his death.

He leaves to mourn four children, E.A. Cree, Redwood City, California; John Cree, Redwood City, California; Perry Cree, Perryton, Texas and Laveta McBee, Salinas, California; nine grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. He also leaves two brothers: Gus Cree, Visalia, California; E.B. Cree, Springfield, Colorado; one sister, Arry Swanner, Dolores, Colorado. His parents, four brothers and one sister preceded him in death.

He leaves a world of friends and many nieces and nephews to mourn his passing.

Tom, as he was known to his many friends, was a very observing and intimate student of nature. He possessed the rare quality of recreating experiences with vivid and beautiful word pictures of the life of a cowboy and hardships of the frontier life in Texas and Oklahoma.

Although he didn't live to see it he was responsible for the erection of a historical marker around a bois-darc tree, planted by his mother, at the side of their dugout west of Panhandle, Texas, which is the one and only tree so designated in the state of Texas.

His life spanned the greater part of a century. His worldly accumulations were modest, nevertheless he has contributed his part to his community by being a good citizen and a neighbor. There was never a time when a friend, or even a stranger wasn't welcome in his home when it was time to eat or needed shelter for the night.

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