Submitted by
Vicki Ebert

DIED AT CAMP DIX, N. J.

The body of Private Clarence Chessher, 25 years old, son of Mr. And Mrs. W. A. Chessher, six miles southwest of the city, left Camp Dix, New Jersey, Wednesday morning in charge of his brother-in-law, Charles Clarke, and is due to arrive in Blackwell, Friday night or Saturday morning. Private Chessher succumbed to an attack of Spanish influenza it is said just before he was ready to sail for overseas duty. He is the second boy in and near Blackwell to die of disease contracted in the army. The date of the funeral has not been announced, but it has been suggested that it be held in the Methodist church, Sunday afternoon and conducted by Chaplain Guy Tetirick, who is here on a furlough, and that several soldier boys in the city on furloughs be requested to serve as pallbearers. Private Chessher was born in July, 1893, prior to the opening of the Cherokee Strip in September of the same year, and has grown to manhood and lived the greater portion of his life in the vicinity of Blackwell. He was called in the draft of last year, but did not wait for his name to be drawn, going to Newkirk and enlisting on the 24th day of June, 1918. He was sent to Camp Cody, and transferred from that camp to Camp Dix, New Jersey. He is survived by his parents, three brothers, Ernest, Willie and Merle Chessher and sister, Mrs. Charles Clarke. - Daily News.