Retta F. McGuire Obituary

Roswell (New Mexico) Daily Record: 27 Mar 1985
Obituary: Retta F. McGuire

Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Frederick Cemetery in Frederick, Okla., for Retta Frances McGuire, 93, of 111 E. Pear St., who died of natural causes Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital.

A minister from the First United Methodist church in Frederick will officiate.

Local arrangements are being handled by Ballard Funeral Home.

Mrs. McGuire was born on Dec. 18, 1891, in Baileyville, Kan., to Mr. and Mrs. Ollis Bailey, both now deceased.

She was married in Frederick to H. P. McGuire, who preceded her in death in 1941.

A farm manager, she had been a Roswell resident for 20 years.

She was a member of a prominent pioneer family of Frederick.

She was preceded in death by one sister and one brother.

Survivors include two great-great nephews, Jack B. Cogan of Seattle, Wash., and Terry Cogan of Roswell; one niece, Sybil Hobbs, one great-niece, Beverly Cogan, and one great-great- great niece, Ashley Cogan, all of Roswell.


Submitted by Dick C. on February 3, 2003.