Myrtle S. Ellenwood was born in 1883 to the late Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Ellenwood, near Des Moines, Iowa. Coming to Oklahoma with her parents at the age of nine years, settling in Canadian County, near Piedmont. They came to the Indian Territory near Jones where her father made the run in 1899. The family lived on this farm northeast of Jones for many years. In December 1900 she was united in marriage to the late Samuel Boone Gillespie who passed away July 20, 1919. To this union four children were born, Dorothy, Mae, Orville and Wanda Fern. Also surviving are nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Zona Mellinger, and Mrs. Ollie Sellers, both of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Blanche Curry of Reed, Oklahoma. Also numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
CARDS OF THANKS
We wish to thank each and everyone for every act of kindness, the food, the devotions, the beautiful flowers, also the Heart fund donations in honor of our Dear Darling Mother, Mrs. Myrtle Gillespie. Dorothy Ensley, Mae Truelove, Orville Gillespie, Wanda F. Patterson
Myrtle S. Ellenwood was born in 1883 to the late Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Ellenwood, near Des Moines, Iowa. Coming to Oklahoma with her parents at the age of nine years, settling in Canadian County, near Piedmont. They came to the Indian Territory near Jones where her father made the run in 1899. The family lived on this farm northeast of Jones for many years. In December 1900 she was united in marriage to the late Samuel Boone Gillespie who passed away July 20, 1919. To this union four children were born, Dorothy, Mae, Orville and Wanda Fern. Also surviving are nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Zona Mellinger, and Mrs. Ollie Sellers, both of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Blanche Curry of Reed, Oklahoma. Also numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
CARDS OF THANKS
We wish to thank each and everyone for every act of kindness, the food, the devotions, the beautiful flowers, also the Heart fund donations in honor of our Dear Darling Mother, Mrs. Myrtle Gillespie. Dorothy Ensley, Mae Truelove, Orville Gillespie, Wanda F. Patterson
Family Members
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Maude Margaret Ellenwood Gillespie
1880–1906
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Lena Alzona "Zona" Ellenwood Mellinger
1885–1970
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Mabel Josephine "Josie" Ellenwood
1888–1905
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Robert Lowell Ellenwood
1890–1891
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Robert Lowell Ellenwood
1890–1891
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Ollie Byrd Ellenwood Sellars
1893–1978
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Charles Roy Ellenwood
1896–1955
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Agnes Blanche Ellenwood Curry
1901–1961
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