Glenn Andrews Caskey

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Name Glenn Andrews Caskey Born 8 Aug 1894 Clarinda, Page County, Iowa [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender Male Census 1930 Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma Occupation accountant for Carper Drilling Company, school band and choir teacher [4] _MILT World War I. US Army, Allied Expeditionary Force. [4] Died 12 Jun 1992 Albuquerque, New Mexico [3, 4]
Buried Twin Oaks Memorial Park, Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico [3, 4]
Person ID I446 McKeown Last Modified 19 Nov 2024
Father Isaac Beniah Caskey, b. 23 Dec 1848, Green County, Alabama , d. 26 Feb 1910, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma
(Age 61 years)
Mother Nancy Eleanor Andrews, b. 24 Sep 1854, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa , d. 16 Oct 1919, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma
(Age 65 years)
Married 5 Jun 1872 Page County, Iowa [1, 5]
Family ID F159 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ada Rebecca Miller, b. 14 Aug 1898, Greenfield, Weakley County, Tennessee , d. 19 Sep 1980 (Age 82 years)
Married 18 Jun 1925 Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma [4]
Last Modified 2 Jul 2023 Family ID F215 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Caskey - Glenn A. Caskey, 97, died June 6, in Albuquerque. He had been a resident of Artesia, NM, from 1940 until 1990. He was born in Clarinda, Iowa, August 8, 1894, and moved with his family in covered wagons to the new town of Billings, OK, in 1901. His was a musical family, and with three brothers, he traveled with the Redpath Chautauqua & Lyceum bureau as a vocal and instrumental quartet from 1912-14. He served in France in WW I with the US Army, Allied Expeditionary Force. He received a BA degree from Colorado State College of Education. He married Ada R. Miller, also a teacher and musician, June 18, 1925 in Norman, OK. During the 1920s and 30s, Mr. Caskey was an accountant in Tulsa, OK, a school band and chorus direction and school principal in Oklahoma, and was Superintendent of Schools in Wellington, KA. He headed the accounting department for Carper Dripping Co. in Artesia from 1940 until his retirement in 1965. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Artesia, where he was a choir member and past Secretary and President of the Official Board, Finance Committee Chairman, and Building Committee Chairman. Other affiliations included the Rotary Club, where he held several offices, the Masonic Lodge, the Knights Templar Shrine, the eastern Star, the White Shrine, the American Legion, World War I Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ada R. Caskey after 55 years of marriage, and by twelve brothers and sisters. He is survived by his wife, LaBerma Osthreim Caskey of Springerville, AZ; whom he married January 2, 1982; and her family; son, Bruce Caskey and wife, Molly; grandson, Paul Caskey of Albuquerque; and many nieces and nephews. Services will be held Friday, June 12, 1:00 p.m. at First Methodist Church, Artesia, NM, with Pastor L.B. Hall officiating. Interment will follow at Twin Oaks Memorial Park, Artesia, NM. Visitation will take place at Terpening and son Mortuary, 611 W. Grand, Artesia, NM. Should friends desire, Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, 500 W. Grand, Artesia, NM 88210.
Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Wednesday, 10 June 1992.
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- Caskey - Glenn A. Caskey, 97, died June 6, in Albuquerque. He had been a resident of Artesia, NM, from 1940 until 1990. He was born in Clarinda, Iowa, August 8, 1894, and moved with his family in covered wagons to the new town of Billings, OK, in 1901. His was a musical family, and with three brothers, he traveled with the Redpath Chautauqua & Lyceum bureau as a vocal and instrumental quartet from 1912-14. He served in France in WW I with the US Army, Allied Expeditionary Force. He received a BA degree from Colorado State College of Education. He married Ada R. Miller, also a teacher and musician, June 18, 1925 in Norman, OK. During the 1920s and 30s, Mr. Caskey was an accountant in Tulsa, OK, a school band and chorus direction and school principal in Oklahoma, and was Superintendent of Schools in Wellington, KA. He headed the accounting department for Carper Dripping Co. in Artesia from 1940 until his retirement in 1965. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Artesia, where he was a choir member and past Secretary and President of the Official Board, Finance Committee Chairman, and Building Committee Chairman. Other affiliations included the Rotary Club, where he held several offices, the Masonic Lodge, the Knights Templar Shrine, the eastern Star, the White Shrine, the American Legion, World War I Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ada R. Caskey after 55 years of marriage, and by twelve brothers and sisters. He is survived by his wife, LaBerma Osthreim Caskey of Springerville, AZ; whom he married January 2, 1982; and her family; son, Bruce Caskey and wife, Molly; grandson, Paul Caskey of Albuquerque; and many nieces and nephews. Services will be held Friday, June 12, 1:00 p.m. at First Methodist Church, Artesia, NM, with Pastor L.B. Hall officiating. Interment will follow at Twin Oaks Memorial Park, Artesia, NM. Visitation will take place at Terpening and son Mortuary, 611 W. Grand, Artesia, NM. Should friends desire, Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, 500 W. Grand, Artesia, NM 88210.
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