The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-07
PATHETIC SCENES
MARK FUNERAL OF
SLAIN TEACHER
Minister Scores Rejected Suit
or Who Killed Her.

God had nothing to do with it
it was the work of the devil" the Rev
J. b. Boen told those who had gathered
at the First Christian church this
morning TO pay last tribute to Thelma,
Loyejoy the l9-yeaf old school teacher
who was slain Tuesday, afternoon by
X, Dewey Crosthwaite.
Girl Friends at Funeral
Aslhe white. casket, laden with flow.
ers, was brought down the aisle at the
church and armonious stains of "Beaut-
ful Isle of Somewhere floated' down
from the choir, the heart-broken family
and eighteen white clad girls from the
Scott Halliburton store with whom
Ihelma had worked during the summer
sobbed unrestrainedly. Then the quar-
tet softly sang Sometime Wen I'm
derstand, a passage OF scripture wa,
read and a prayer offered for comfort
ior the grief stricken family Again
the quartet sang and the music OF
Lead, Kindly Light" crept into the
uVdllS VI lUOhC WuD ntdTU.
Rev Boen gave a shoJt narration OF
the young girls life. Nineteen year,
ago" he said, "Mr and Mrs. Loyejoy
looked into the face OF tiny baby girl
and they said, we will call her Thel-
ma They watched each petal unfold
Of the rosebud OF lie-wa,ched her ba-
by footsteps listened TO her first baby
words, saw her start TO school for the
first time carrying a tiny satchcl OF
books. And when Thelma was u years
OF age she listened to the message thai
came from the Wise Man Remember
now thy Creator in the days Of thy
youth From that time on Rer educa-
ton and herr duties as Christian
progressed hand in hand. At the agr
Of II she graduated from the high
school here and went TO Morris to i'm
part to others the knowledge that had
been given her. She was ready to be-
gin her second term iA ANhe school a,
Morris when the awful Tragedy oc-
Cured"
Comforts Friends. 90.
Rev Boen then spoke simple words
OF comfort. Giving many assurances
OF the resurrection OF the bodies OF
those we love. he somehow found the
words which brought comfort to those
who felt that there could be none. "Htr
beautiful lie OF Christian service was
cut short here" he said, but she is
there and Heaven will not now he
iaraway place filled with strangers, for
Thelma will be waiting up there"
This year was 10 have been Thclma'S
second term al Morris. She and Es-
ther Young, her roommate and fellow
teacher last year, we're ready TO star.
for Morris when Dewey Crosthwaite
shot her within a block OF her home
Tuesday afternoon.
Boy Friend wesps.
Professor Newton, superintendent OF
the schoOls at Morris. was present at
the funeral services and beautiful floral
offerings were sent from the school
board there as an expression OF the es-
teen with which she was held. One
little Morris boy-a little street urchn
who has no parents, almost no friends
sobbcd with all the wildness ~ child
hood when told Of his beloved teachers
fate. The bny-ihey call him Steam
boat Bill, and he seems to have no 9th
er name-sings on the street But his
heart was filled with love for the young
girl who neither pitied nor patroniIed
him, but who really loved him. "Shc
was the only friend ! had" the little
fellow snbhcd.
During the summer vacation and
the Christmas vacation, 'Thelma had
worked in the office at the Scott-Halli-
burton department store Every girl IN
the office attended the service.
While the quartet made unspeakably
beautiful then old song, Nearer, Nv
God to Thee" the father aud mother
the sisters and the soldier brothers
gathered around the casket And to
the sweet strains Of the old S9ug they
filed out OF the Vhurch and TO Rose
IIill cemetery. where they LETT 1helma
to sleep the last sleep.