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Washington County, Oklahoma

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Hestella Overacker

Submitted by: Catherine Widener

Mrs. Overacker, Pioneer Resident, Dies

Mrs. Hestella Overacker, of Ochelata and pioneer settler of Washington County, Oklahoma, died at 12:30 a.m. Monday. In the hospital where she had been a patient for the past two weeks.

Mrs. Overacker was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Griffith, state pioneers. She was born near Caney, Kansas on October 6, 1878, and when a child moved with her parents to Indian Territory settling in the north east section of Washington County, near Wann, Oklahoma. She and the late Howard D. Overacker were married November 20, 1896 in Independence, Kansas after which they moved to a farm north of Dewey, Oklahoma, for a short residence before to Ochelata, Oklahoma where he was active in farming until his death on June 26, 1954. She was a member fo the First Baptist Holiness Church, Ochelata, Oklahoma.

Survivors include four sons, Joe G. Overacker, Wapato, Washington, Ray Overacker, Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Walter Overacker, Caney,Kansas and Thomas J. Overacker, of Skiatook, Oklahoma. Eight daughters, Mrs. Clinton Henshall, Bartlesville; Mrs. Sarah Thomas; Mrs. Jim Verden; Mrs. William Tennent; Mrs. Dick Newport; Mrs. Charles Castleman; all of Ochelata, Oklahoma. Mrs. Martin Newport, Wapato, Washington; Mrs. Dan Newport, Union Gap, Washington; Mrs. Mary Harlow a sister of Ponca City, Oklahoma; forty-two grand children, sixty-five great-grand children, and five great-great-grand children.

Funeral services are uncomplete and will be announced by the Arnold Moore Funeral Services

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