Edward Valejo Thomas

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Edwin Valejo Thomas, 72, died Sunday following a heart attack at his home, 211 West Eleventh street. (January 28, 1945, buried Jan. 31, 1945 according to Thomas family bible) He had been here four months, moving from Ripley where had lived since 1898. Thomas was born April 14, 1872, at Xenia, Kas., the son of John and Elmira Anson Thomas. He was married to Orpha A. Phenis at Agra Sept. 21, 1904. He was a member of the Christian church and a Knight Pythias. Funeral services will be conducted at the Ripley Christian church Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. by Rev. Romans Smith, Stillwater Christian church pastor. Burial will be in the Ripley cemetery under the direction of Vincent funeral home.
Survivors beside the widow included a son, Wayne H. Thomas of Frederick; two daughters, Mrs. DeeVilla Clark of West Plains, Mo. and Mrs. Lorene Mahurin of Stillwater; a brother French L Thomas of Clovis, N.M. Bearers will be Bill Simma, George Kirk, J.R. Elliott, Hubert Moorman, Bill Hickman and George Saint.

Edward married Orpha Anise Phenis on 21 Aug 1904 in Agra, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Orpha (daughter of William Riley Phenis and Flora Jane Norton) was born on 28 Sep 1875 in Madison, Greenwood County, Kansas; died on 24 Sep 1953 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington; was buried in Ripley Oak Park Cemetery, Ripley, Payne County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Described as "of southwest Stillwater"

Payne County area schoolteacher Dee Villa Clark of Perkins died Thursday, Sept. 3, 1987 in Stillwater Medical Center at the age of 81. Her funeral is scheduled Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the First Christian Church in Perkins.

Internment will be held in the Elm Grove Cemetery. Charles Wall and the Rev. C. Jeffrey Gill will officiate at the service, which are being arranged by Strode Funeral Home.
Mrs. Clark was born in Ripley on Feb. 4, 1906, the daughter of Edwin V. and Orpha (Phenis) Thomas. She lived in the Ripley area most of her early life, except for a year when her parents lived in Tonkawa.

She married Earl Harrison Clark on Feb. 21, 1934, on her parents farm west of Ripley. The couple lived in or near Stillwater until he retired in 1968 and they moved to Perkins.
She graduated from Oklahoma A & M College in 1930 and earned her teaching certificate. She taught school for 38 years in a number of towns in the area and was a member of the First Christian Church.

Mrs. Clark is survived by her husband; one son, Arthur Edwin Clark of Oklahoma City; one grandchild; one brother, Wayne Haskell Thomas of Yukon; and one sister, Mrs. Howard (Lorene) Mahurin of Olympia, Wash.

Dee married Earl Harrison Clark on 21 Feb 1934 in Payne County, Oklahoma. Earl was born on 9 Aug 1902 in Oklahoma; died on 30 Nov 1994 in Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma; was buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wayne married Alma Mitchell on 1 Jun 1934. Alma was born on 22 Aug 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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RR2 Box 109, Olympia, Washington, 98502

Family/Spouse: Howard A. Mahurin. Howard was born on 19 Sep 1917 in Oklahoma; died on 7 Oct 1991 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]