Edith Eleanor Ada Caskey: McKeown Genealogy

1883 - 1945 (62 years)

Generation: 1

Edith Eleanor Ada Caskey was born on 6 Mar 1883 in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; died on 6 Jun 1945 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Edith Bellmon Of Near Billings Dies Thursday
Mrs. Edith Bellmon of east of Billings died at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Wesley hospital at Wichita, following an illness of the past year. She had been a patient at the hospital for the past week.
The 62-year-old county resident was superintendent of Sunday school at the Methodist church of Billings.
Burvivors include the widower, G. Delbert Bellmon; three sons, Marine First Lt. Henry Bellmon, now at a rest camp in the Pacific; Sgt. Sheldon Bellmon, of the marine corps, a veteran of Okinawa; Randall Bellmon of the home address; two step-sons, Weldon Bellmon of Palestine, Texas, and Leo Bellmon of Billings; seven step-daughters, Mrs. Alta Blakey, Broken Arrow; Mrs. Cora Regnier, Newkidr; Mrs. Carol Bloom, Oklahoma City; Mrs. D.G. Fisher, Okmulgee; Mrs. Lloyd Eveland, Tulsa; Mrs. A.J. Denton, Blackwell, and Mrs. F.R. Gilchrist, Pampa, Texas, and several brothers and sisters.
Funeral arrangements, under the direction of the Long funeral home of Billings, had not been completed Friday.
The Perry Daily Journal and the Perry Republican and the Noble County Sentinel, Perry Oklahoma. Friday, 8 June 1945, page 1.

Obituary
Edith Eleanor Caskey was born at Clarinda, Iowa March 6, 1883 and departed this life June 7, 1945 at the age of 62 years, 3 months, and 1 day. In the fall of 1901 her father and mother moved the family from Iowa to Oklahoma. In 1913 she moved to Kansas City, Mo., moving back to Billings in 1915 where she lived the rest of her life.
On August 18th, 1920 she was united in Holy Matrimony to George Delbert Bellmon. To them were born four sons, Henry Louis, First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marines, who is stationed in the Southwest Pacific; Irvin Caskey Bellmon who preceded her in death, July 22, 1940; Sheldon George Bellmon a Corporal in the 6th, marine division, now serving on Okinawa; Randall Yingling Bellmon, who is at home on the farm with his father.
Mrs. Bellmon was first a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church but was transferred to the Methodist church. She has been a good church worker and served as Superintendent of the Billings Methodist church Sunday School for a number of years. She taught school for fifteen years.
She is survived by her husband, George D. Bellmon; three sons, Henry Louis, Sheldon George and Randall Yingling; seven step-daughters, Alta Blakey, Cora Regnier, Lillie Fisher, Winnifred Bloom, Lida Gilcrist, Adelien Eveland, Auretta Denton; two step-sons, Leo Bellmon and Weldon Bellmon; three sisters and five brothers: Rose Hensleigh, Bel Terry, and Beth Zimmerman; S.J. Caskey, Joseph A. Caskey, Clyde J. Caskey, Albert B. Caskey and Glenn A. Caskey; other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held in the Billings Methodist church on Monday at 2:30 in the afternoon, the Rev. C.A. Booth officiating. Burial was made in the Billings cemetery O.W. Long funeral in charge.
Pall-bearers were Homer Main, Kenneth Jackson, Bert Osborn, Berry Holt, Paul Clayton, and Bob Chestnut.
The Billings News, Billing, Oklahoma. Thursday, 14 June 1945, page 1.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39336115/edith-eleanor-bellmon

Edith married George Delbert Bellmon on 18 Aug 1920 in Sumner County, Kansas. George was born on 3 Jun 1874 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; died on 6 Aug 1953 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Prairie View Cemetery, Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Henry Louis Bellmon was born on 3 Sep 1921 in Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma; died on 29 Sep 2009 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.
3. Irvin C. Bellmon was born in 1923 in Oklahoma; died on 22 Jul 1940 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.
4. Sheldon George Bellmon was born on 19 Mar 1924 in Red Rock, Noble County, Oklahoma; died on 22 Jul 2021; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.
5. Randall Yingling Bellmon was born on 5 Jul 1926 in Red Rock, Noble County, Oklahoma; died on 24 Aug 1999 in Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Generation: 2

Henry Louis Bellmon

(1.Edith¹) was born on 3 Sep 1921 in Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma; died on 29 Sep 2009 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Other Events:

_MILT: World War II. US Marine Corps.

Notes:

Oklahoma Governor, US Senator. He was the first Republican to hold the Governor's chair in his home state. Bellmon graduated from Billings High School, then earned a degree in agriculture from Oklahoma A & M (now Oklahoma State) in 1942. He served in the US Marine Corps, commanding a tank platoon, from 1942 until 1946, and was awarded the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit for action in the South Pacific. Bellmon had one term in the state legislature, from 1946 to 1948, was state Republican chairman in 1960, and, in 1962, was elected Governor. Unable to succeed himself under the law of the time, he ran for the US Senate in 1968; he won, and held the seat until 1980, becoming the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee at his retirement. After taking a second turn as Governor from 1987 to 1991, during which he chaired the Southern States Energy Board, he returned to his agricultural interests. He ran his family farm, and taught at various state colleges, including Oklahoma State and the University of Oklahoma. Bellmon died after having Parkinson's Disease for a number of years.
Bio by: Bob Hufford

Two funerals set for bellmon
Oklahoma City – Two funeral services will be held Saturday for former Gov. Henry Bellmon, who died Tuesday after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 88.
Bellmon will lie in state at the capitol from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.
Family member and former staff members will be on hand to greet visitors.
Services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Edmond and at 3 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Perry.
Bellmon will be buried at the Union Cemetery in his hometown of Billings.
Services are under the direction of Dugger Funeral Home in Billings.
Credited with making the republican Party into a force in state politics, Bellmon served nonconsecutive terms as governor, begin in 1963 and 1987, and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1968 and 1974.
World Capitol Bureau.
Tulsa World, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thursday, 1 October 2009, page 12.

Henry Bellmon: 1921-2009
State mourns GOP giant.
[Long article about Henry Bellmon’s political career.
[the article continued on page 8 and includes a concluding section about his personal life]
One of 13 children: Bellmon was born Sept. 3, 1921, at Tonkawa to George and Edith Caskey Bellmon. George Bellmon was a widower with nine children when he married Edith Bellmon, a teacher 11 years his junior. Henry Louis Bellmon was the oldest of their four sons.
He graduated from Billings High School in 1938, a year ahead of his class, and earned an agriculture degree from Oklahoma A&M College – now Oklahoma State University – in seven semesters. He enlisted in the marine Corps in early 1942.
Discharged in 1946, Bellmon was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives that same years but served only one term.
He married Shirley Osborn in 1947, and together they had three daughters. Shirley Bellmon died in 2001, and the following years Henry Bellmon married an old family friend, Eloise Bollenbach.
Besides his wife, Bellmon is survived by his daughters, Pat Hoerth and Ann McFerron of Billings and Gail Wynne of Enid; and four grandchildren.
Tulsa World, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Wednesday, 30 September 2009, page 8

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42551452/henry-louis-bellmon

Henry married Shirley Lee Osborn on 24 Jan 1947 in Noble County, Oklahoma. Shirley was born on 10 Aug 1927 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma; died on 24 Jul 2000 in Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Laura Eloise Morsman in Apr 2002. Laura was born on 4 Dec 1927 in Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma; died on 6 Feb 2011 in Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma; was buried in Kingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Irvin C. Bellmon

(1.Edith¹) was born in 1923 in Oklahoma; died on 22 Jul 1940 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Bellmon Services Held at Billings
Billings – Funeral services for Irvin Bellmon, 17 year of youth of Billings who was killed by lightning Monday afternoon, were held Wednesday afternoon in the Billings First Methodist church. Services were in charge of the Rev. R.S. Baird, pastor of the First Christian church. A mixed quartet composed of Mrs. Opal Daniels, Mrs. Hazel manning, W.W. Warner and Mr. Boley, sang.
Active pallbearers were Bellmon’s classmates of the 1940 graduating class of the Billings high school.
Burial was in the Union cemetery under the direction of the O.W. Long funeral home.
Bellmon was killed Monday afternoon about 5:30 o’clock, when struck by a bolt of lightning during an electrical rain storm while he and two companions, Pete Lively and Linley Casebier, were seeking shelter in a barn on the Lively farm.
He had attended Bible school at the First Methodist church and was a member of the Billings chapter of Future Farmers of America and one of the 67 junior master farmers chosen by the F.F.A. committee at Stillwater in April.
Bellmon was also a member of the local F.F.A. judging team and with four companions had attended the judging contest of the vocational agriculture department at Turner ranch at Sulphur, July 6.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.D. Bellmon; one older brother, Henry who is a student at A.&M. colleges, two younger brothers, Randall and Shelton of the home; six half-sisters, two half-brothers and other relatives.
The Ponca City News, Ponca City, Oklahoma. Friday, 26 July 1940, page 2.

Farm Youth Killed by Lightning Bolt
Two Other Knocked Unconscious During Storm Late Monday
Billings – Irvin Bellmon, 17-year-old farm youth, was killed and two of his companions knocked unconscious by lightning Monday afternoon when it struck the barn on the Pete Lively farm, eight miles southeast of here.
Lively, only of the group, received serious burns on the side. Linely Casebier, the third member of the group, was not injured.
A pulmotor squad from Perry was called but efforts to revive Bellmon failed.
The three had been threshing during the day. When the rainstorm started, they sought shelter in the barn. They were discovered by other threshers after the lightning struck.
Bellmon lived on a farm a mile north of the Lively place with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Bellmon. He was graduated from the Billings high school this spring and was a junior master farmer.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Henry, Sheldon and Randall, all of the home place; two half-brothers and six half-sisters.
Funeral arrangements are being completed by the O.W. Long funeral home of Billings.
The Ponca City News, Ponca City, Oklahoma. Tuesday, 22 July 1940, page 2.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39336116/irvin-c_-bellmon

Sheldon George Bellmon

(1.Edith¹) was born on 19 Mar 1924 in Red Rock, Noble County, Oklahoma; died on 22 Jul 2021; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Other Events:

_MILT: World War II. US Marine Corps. 8th Tank Battalion.

Notes:

George Bellmon of Billings, OK has passed away. He was 97 years young. Sheldon George Bellmon was born in Billings on March 19, 1924, the son of George Delbert and Edith Caskey Bellmon. He attended Glenrose rural school and graduated from Billings High School in 1941. After graduation he served in the United States Marine Corps in the 8th Tank Battalion during World War II. He enlisted August of 1943 and served a total of eight years. He fought in the battle to capture Okinawa from April 1, 1945 to June 27, 1945. He also participated in the landing of tanks and occupation of the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan. On May 11, 1945, he was awarded the Bronze Star for his heroic acts of bravery during his service in Okinawa, Japan. After the war he moved to North Carolina and later returned to Oklahoma to help his brother, Henry when he ran for Governor of Oklahoma in 1962.

George was a farmer and rancher at heart. After his military service, George enrolled at Oklahoma A&M (OSU) College where he earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture.

He married the love of his life, Floretta Reichert on May 15, 1971. They made their home east of Billings on the ranch. They had many happy years together until her death.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Floretta, and 12 brothers and sisters.

George leaves behind to mourn his loss, his daughters Marleta London and Lavinda Holcomb, two grandchildren, three great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Funeral services will be held for George at the Billings Union Cemetery south of Billings, OK, 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 24, 2021. Gail Edmison will officiate the service. You are welcome to meet at the Funeral Home 120 W Main Street Billings OK at 9:30 a.m. Saturday to join in the procession to the cemetery. Family will be driven by limousine with a patriot guard escort. We will arrive at the Cemetery at 10 a.m. Military honors will be performed by the United States Marine Corps Honor Guard at the graveside.

Friends and family are welcome to stop by the funeral home and pay their respects on Friday July 23, 2021, from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. An open house will be Friday 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Refreshments provided at the funeral home and is open to the community.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229833149/sheldon-g.-bellmon

Sheldon married Floretta Reichert on 15 May 1971. Floretta was born on 9 Mar 1925 in El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma; died on 17 Sep 2006; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Randall Yingling Bellmon

(1.Edith¹) was born on 5 Jul 1926 in Red Rock, Noble County, Oklahoma; died on 24 Aug 1999 in Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Bellmon, Randall Y., 73, died Tuesday. Services pending (Yanga & Son).
The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Wednesday, 25 August 1999.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39336117/randall-yingling-bellmon

McKeown and Shields Families

Edith Eleanor Ada Caskey