C.D. O'NEALE, 87, DEAD AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS

Native Gentry Countian Had Lived in King City 23 Years

Death came last Friday, Dec. 29, to end the long suffering of C.D. O'Neale, 87-year-old native Gentry countian and a resident of King City twenty-three years. He died in the home in King City which he and his sister Mrs. Martha Gurdike had shared. His funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Christian church (sic), conducted by the Rev. F. Edward Carter, minister, and burial with Masonic rites was in the King City cemetery (sic).

Clement David O'Neale (he always preferred to spell it O'Neal) was born May 19, 1863, on a farm near Island City, tenth of the twelve children of William and Isabel (sic) Koontz O'Neale, pioneer residents of this county who had migrated from Virginia in 1856. He was married in 1889 to Sarah Buholt, and they lived on northeast of King City until her death in 1927, after which he retired from farming and came to King City to live with his widowed sister.

With his wife Mr. O'Neale united with the Island City Christian church (sic) in 1889 he having transferred his membership from that time forward in the Island City, Ravenwood and King City Christian churches he was always found bearing his part of the load as long as he was physically able. He had served long and faithfully on the official board of the Christian church here, and his name was kept on the roll as an elder-emeritus. He lived an exemplary Christian life and was a devoted husband and brother, a good neighbor and a dependable friend. He had been a member of Ancient Craft Lodge No. 377, A.F.& A.M., at King City fifty-three years and was a proud possessor of the order's fifty-year honor badge. He was an active member of the King City Commercial club more than twenty years.

Mr. O'Neale's sister, Mrs. Gurdike is his nearest survivor, though he leaves a number of nieces and nephews. Especially to the sister with whom he lived the sympathy of the community goes out to her in her bereavement.

Tri-County News (King City, Mo.), Friday, January 5, 1951; pg. 1