Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

W. F. Bridges
Mr. W. F. Bridges, whose death we chronicled last week, was a resident of Tonkawa for over a year, but was not so widely known on account of having been confined to his bed almost the whole of that time by locomotar ataxia. He was a man of sterling character and won the esteem of all who met him by his patient Christian bearing all through his sickness. His strong abiding faith in the love and care of God, which never failed him impressed all who were with him. He was born in Canada Aug. 14th, 1847. Thirty years of his life were spent in Iowa, from which place he came to Oklahoma. For years he was an earnest member of the Presbyterian church and on Wednesday evening he obeyed the Master’s summons to come up higher. On Thursday afternoon appropriate services were conducted at the house by Rev. E. M. Snook, pastor of the Presbyterian church, where a large number of friends were present. On Friday morning Mrs. Bridges and her two sons left with the body for Fonda Iowa, his old home where funeral services were held and the body was interred.