Sarah Catherine Pritts was born in Somerset County, Penn., February 2, 1870, and departed this life October 19, 1939, in an Okalhoma City hospital at the age of 69 years, 8 months and 17 days.

Early in life she confessed her faith in Christ, and in later years put her membership in the Christian church at Cashion (OK) where she attended as regularly as her health would permit. She was united in marriage to Nelson Christner in 1884 to which union were born 14 children, one son died in infancy, and one daughter, Mrs. Musette Collins, passed away in 1928 and her husband preceded her in death 14 years ago.

Those left to mourn their loss are her children: Arthur, of Cashion (OK); Ray, Philidelphia, Pa.; Sidney, Edmond (OK); Earl, North Platte, Nebraska; Dewey, Guthrie (OK); Mrs. Nettie Souders, Sterling, Colorado; Ermit, Minco (OK); Mrs. Elva Thompson, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Alma Perry, Seward (OK); Mrs. Verdell Perry, Edmond (OK); Mrs. Gladys Davis, Cashion (OK) and Roy, Cashion (OK); all of whom were present. There are also 30 grand children and one great grand-daughter. There are also three sisters: Mrs. Nora Casey and Mrs. Ada Cartmill, Edmond (OK); and Mrs. Ida Christner, Red Rock, Oklahoma, together with a host of other relatives and a large number of friends.

The following tribute is offered by Mrs. Christner's children:

Poor, toil-worn hands on her quiet breast,
Folded and still; they have earned their rest.
Each wrinkled finger bears mute evidence
Of hard tasks accomplished for no recompense.
Baking and mending and scrubbing, too --
No toil too menial for those hands to do.
Patient, untiring, day after day
Willingly serving without thought of pay.
Thin little fingers, so calloused and worn,
No rings to bedeck them, they lie so forlorn:
Lily white hands
That have never known service for loved ones' demands.
Each line and each wrinkle a story unfold
Of love and devotion more precious than gold.
Let themlie tenderly, folded and stilled;
Mother's hands resting now--
Life's work fulfilled.