The Daily Oklahoman 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
June 1, 1994

Tescier, John Isadore b 16 Jan 1860 Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas; he died 15 Oct 1937 in Choctaw, OK was buried in Choctaw Cemetery.

   married on July 30, 1889

Alice May (Smith) b 4 April 1969, Shawnee County, Kansas; she died 29 December 1952 in Oklahoma City, OK and was buried in Choctaw Cemetery.

  Children:
  Clara 1891
  Marguerite 1899
  Christine 1902
  John Jr. 1904
  Clestine 1906
  George 1908
  Eliza 1910
  Pauline was born in Choctaw and when she was 17
  she  married Max Whisenant, also from Choctaw on
  23 Dec 1911 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma.
 

The Daily Oklahoman 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
December 30, 1952, page 5

Mrs. Tescier's Rites in Choctaw

Services for Mrs. Alice May Tescier, 83, of Choctaw, will be at 3 pm Wednesday in the Choctaw Baptist Church, with burial in the Choctaw cemetery, under the direction of Hunter funeral home.

Mrs. Tescier died Monday in a local convalescent hospital, after suffering a stroke several month ago.

An 89er, Mrs. Tescier settled in Shawnee with her husband, John. During the 1890's they moved to Choctaw. Tescier, a farmer died about 17 years ago.

Survived by six daughters, Mrs. Bert Lane, Mrs. Pauline Whisenant, Mrs.. Margaret Moore, Mrs. Harry Konechney and Mrs. Marie Maritt, all of Choctaw and Mrs. C.A. Bourlon, Portales, NM; two sons, J. W. Tescier, Shillington, Penn., and George Tescier, Van Nuys, Calif.

Also a sister, Mrs. Ella McClain, Los Angeles, Calif., four brothers, John Smith, city; George Smith, Shawnee, Lute Eldridge, Hobbs, NM and Oliver Bressman, Lawton, 48 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

photos courtesy Marti Graham, February 2009
 

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