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Lewis Beecher Focht
10 Jan 1890 – 31 Dec 1959
| Birth | 10 Jan 1890 |
| Death | 31 Dec 1959 |
| Cemetery | Bellview Cemetery Roger Mills County , Oklahoma , USA |
| Added by | Karen Harman on 28 Oct 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110672338 |
Bio
Lewis Beecher Focht, son of William and Mary Elizabeth Focht was born January 10, 1880 in Odell, Nebraska and died December 31, 1959 in Reydon, Oklahoma at the age of 69 years, 11 months and 21 days. He was one of the early pioneers of the west, settling in Oklahoma near Old Grand and later moving to Reydon where he continued to live until his death after a series of illnesses. His devotion to the profession of well-digging earned him many well-deserved friends from the early pioneer days until recently when he was forced by age and illness to discontinue his love of digging new wells and mending old ones in spite of weather conditions. He was a member of the Reydon Methodist church where his funeral was held Saturday, January 2, 1960 with the Rev. Carl Shelton officiating, and where his friends overflowed the church to pay their last respects. He is survived by one brother Lee Focht of Bayard, Nebraska, one sister, Mrs. Amanda Arehart of Waukegan, Illinois, and one niece, Mrs. Oleta Focht Appell of Shattuck, other distant relatives and many friends. Interment in Bellview cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Oklahoma
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- Cora A Focht Hall 1876–1958
- Laura H. Focht Thompson 1879–1941
- Pete J Focht 1881–1947
- Amanda O. Focht Arehart 1887–1972
- Glen Robert Focht 1894–1958
- Joseph Leonard "Joe" Focht 1897–1958
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