Published obituary from Tyro Telegram, Thursday, Dec. 30, 1909 submitted by Bill Andres (47602571) :
Our community was draped in deepest mourning Tuesday when the sad intelligence of the death of one of our most highly respected pioneer citizens Mrs. Thursey Jane Denney Koger was reported.
Mrs. Koger was born in Kentucky Oct. 10th 1840. She was united in marriage with F. M. Koger, later moving to Kansas where she has lived ever since. To this union ten children were born; Three having died in infancy, seven, with their father, F. M. Koger are left to mourn her loss. The children living are W. V. Koger, Juda Koger, Mrs. Ollie Snell and Dent Koger of Tyro, Nannie Cox of Cordell, Oklahoma, Mary Hoyes of Dubuque, Iowa and F. B. Koger of Colorado Springs; also one sister in Kentucky.
Mrs. Koger was one of the most highly esteemed ladies in this community for her kindly nature and the love of her creator. any relatives as well as a host of friends mourn her loss. The family have the heartfelt sympathy of all who know them.
Funeral arrangements have not been definitely settled until word comes from the bedside of her son, Dent, who is ill at Weathers, Ark.
Published obituary from Tyro Telegram, Thursday, Dec. 30, 1909 submitted by Bill Andres (47602571) :
Our community was draped in deepest mourning Tuesday when the sad intelligence of the death of one of our most highly respected pioneer citizens Mrs. Thursey Jane Denney Koger was reported.
Mrs. Koger was born in Kentucky Oct. 10th 1840. She was united in marriage with F. M. Koger, later moving to Kansas where she has lived ever since. To this union ten children were born; Three having died in infancy, seven, with their father, F. M. Koger are left to mourn her loss. The children living are W. V. Koger, Juda Koger, Mrs. Ollie Snell and Dent Koger of Tyro, Nannie Cox of Cordell, Oklahoma, Mary Hoyes of Dubuque, Iowa and F. B. Koger of Colorado Springs; also one sister in Kentucky.
Mrs. Koger was one of the most highly esteemed ladies in this community for her kindly nature and the love of her creator. any relatives as well as a host of friends mourn her loss. The family have the heartfelt sympathy of all who know them.
Funeral arrangements have not been definitely settled until word comes from the bedside of her son, Dent, who is ill at Weathers, Ark.
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