From the Cherokee Republican, July 25, 1930, front page.
"MRS. CAL
CRILLEY DIES WEDNESDAY
Pioneer Woman Taken After Illness Lasting
Almost One Year
Mrs. Cal
CRILLEY, one f the pioneer women of the Cherokee
Strip, was taken in death Wednesday evening about 11 o'clock. Death followed a prolonged and painful illness which has extended over the past year. The immediate cause of the passing was a paralytic attack which came shortly before the demise.
Due to Mrs. Crilley's prolonged, serious illness, most of her children and immediate relatives had been summoned to her bedside. Those who were near her at the time of death were Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie
Duke & son of
Dodge City, Kansas; R.G. Crilley of
Hutchinson, Kansas; J.C. Crilley of
Dodge City, Kansas; Mrs. J.C. Thompson & daughter of
Barstow, California; Mrs. Kate Donvanbill of
Dodge City, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Garrett & daughter of
Kansas City; and J. C. Crilley of
Sheridan,
Wyoming. Mrs. Jack
Hamilton of
Williams,
Arkansas, another daughter, had been at her mother's bedside for some days but left for her home late last week. She had not been found for notification of her mother's death late Thursday.
Funeral services will be held at the Christian Church, Saturday morning at 10 o'clock."
