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Marriage: Children:
  1. Wilbur Preston Friend: Birth: 14 JAN 1913 in Centralia, Craig County, Oklahoma. Death: 30 SEP 1991 in *Vero Beach, Florida

  2. Earnest Stanley Friend: Birth: 23 AUG 1914 in Des Moines, New Mexico. Death: 12 APR 1998 in *Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas

  3. Edna Marie Friend: Birth: 15 FEB 1916 in Des Moines, New Mexico. Death: 09 JUL 2002 in *Bonners Ferry, Boundary County, Idaho

  4. Mary Elizabeth Friend: Birth: 06 APR 1918 in Centralia, Craig County, Oklahoma. Death: 29 MAY 1994 in *Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma


Notes
a. Note:   Bill and Anna lived for a while in Des Moines, New Mexico but moved back to Oklahoma in about 1917. Marylin Spence who knew the Friend family said that Wilbur & Ernest (when they were boys) were playing with matches & cotton under the house and burned the house down. 1930 Census Township 3, Craig County, Oklahoma enumerated April 15, 1930 Dwelling #107, Family #113 FRIEND, Willie P., head, m/w, 48, divorced, MO MO IL, farmer-general farmer ______, Wilbur P., son, m/w, 17, Oklahoma MO Oklahoma ______, Ernest S., son, m/w, 15, Oklahoma MO Oklahoma SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX: Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued W P FRIEND 25 Jun 1881 15 Jun 1973 (V) 74301 (Vinita, Craig, OK) (none specified) 445-50-2317 Oklahoma OBITUARY---W. FRIEND William P. Friend, 91, passed away Saturday in a local nursing home after a long illness. He was born June 25, 1881 in Clinton, Mo., and moved to the Centralia area in 1910. he had lived in Craig County for 63 years. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Edna Cook, Brymour, Calif., and Mrs. Mary Vail, Centralia; two sons, Wilber Friend, Denver, Colo., and Ernest Friend, Coffeyville, Kan.; one brother, Roy Friend, Chetopa, Kan., and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Luginbuel Funeral Chapel with Mrs. Elda Crain Bingham officiating. Burial will be in the Welch Cemetery with funeral arrangements by the Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita. W. P. Friend Birth: Jun. 25, 1881 Death: Jun. 9, 1973 Burial: Welch Cemetery Welch, Craig County, Oklahoma, USA


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