Gotleib Stacker, one of the pioneer residents of the section northwest of Grimes, died of old age on Saturday afternoon January 1, 1921.

Mr. Stacker was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, October 12, 1837, and was 83 years of age at the time of his death.

He came to the United States in 1881 and settled in Ohio, where he remained until 1900, when he came to Oklahoma, settling in Roger Mills county, where he resided until his death.

At about 22 years of age, he joined the German Lutheran church, and about 12 years ago united with the Evangelical Association at Sweetwater.

Funeral services were held from his late residence on Sunday afternoon, with interment at the Berlin cemetery, where his wife, Rose; two daughters and a little grandchild are also buried.