Lettie Lorene Lunger b. 29 Aug 1886 d. 29 Aug 1956 11 Dec 1956

1886 - 1956 (70 years)

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Name Lettie Lorene Lunger [1, 2, 3]

Birth 29 Aug 1886 [2, 3]

Gender Female

Race White [3]

Residence 1920 Otter, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA [3]

33 Age: 33; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 76; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife

Death 29 Aug 1956 11 Dec 1956 [2]

Burial Covington, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of America [2]

Siblings 4 Siblings

	1. Alice E Anderson, b. 20 Jan 1872, Iowa, United States of America d. 23 Feb 1968, Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States of America (Age 96 years)
+	2. Lettie Lorene Lunger, b. 29 Aug 1886 d. 29 Aug 1956, 11 Dec 1956 (Age 70 years) ▻ Nathan Evans Cutter
	3. Firman Wesley Lunger, b. 18 Aug 1888, Kansas, United States of America d. 18 Feb 1966, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of America (Age 77 years)
+	4. Furman Atwood Lunger, b. 14 Sep 1893 d. 11 Feb 1974 (Age 80 years) ▻ Mary Ann Lunger
	5. Marion Earl Lunger, b. 5 Oct 1898, Oklahoma, United States of America d. 3 Feb 1982, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States of America (Age 83 years)

Person ID I24277 FelsingFam

Last Modified 21 Dec 2024

Father	Firman Wesley Lunger, b. 28 Oct 1856, Iowa, United States of America d. 19 May 1923, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of America (Age 66 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary Elizabeth Lunger, b. 30 Jun 1852, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 15 Jul 1911, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of America (Age 59 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F7660	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Nathan Evans Cutter, b. 21 Dec 1878, Illinois, USA d. 30 Dec 1935, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of America (Age 57 years)

Children

	1. Infant Cutter, b. 2 Sep 1904, Douglas, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of America d. 21 Mar 1905, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of America (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Raymond Eugene Cutter, b. 16 Feb 1905 d. 7 Jan 1956 (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	3. Edith E Cutter, b. 1907, Oklahoma d. 10 Apr 1998 (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Ellis E. Cutter, b. 2 Jan 1909 d. 6 May 1965 (Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Ethel E. Herrian, b. 26 Oct 1911, Covington, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of America d. 2 Sep 1989, Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma, United States of America (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Ethelym C Cutter, b. 1912, Oklahoma [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Eva Pauline Gregg, b. 23 Oct 1913 d. 10 Apr 2002 (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Nina Caroline Cutter, b. 1917, Oklahoma d. 2006 (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Alice Belle Orrell, b. 30 Sep 1919, Covington, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of America d. 17 Dec 2013, Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, United States of America (Age 94 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Pvt Derald Dean Cutter, b. 10 Jan 1924, Covington, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of America d. 23 Oct 1944 (Age 20 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F7661 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Dec 2024

Notes

CUTTER LETTIE L 08-29-1886 11-12-1956

LETTIE CUTTER

By her daughter, Nina Cutter Messenger

Lettie Lorene Lunger was born August 31, 1886, in Marshall County, Kansas, daughter of Mary and Ferman Lunger, who came to Covington soon after the Strip was opened, bringing their 3 children: Lettie, Wesley and Earl. Lettie Lunger's mother had first married a brother of Ferman Lunger and they had 5 children: Alice, Anna, Phillip, Allen and Willie. He died and Mary then married his brother Ferman. Their daughter, Lettie, was my mother.

Grandmother, for some good reason, allowed Phillip to be adopted and he took the family name of Billing. He went to college and became a lawyer. It was several years before I met him, as his law practice was in the east. I never did see Aunt Anna and Uncle Willie. Aunt Alice lived at Pryor and we saw her occasionally. Uncle Allen was divorced and came to Covington to live the rest of his years, a friend to everyone.

My Grandfather Lunger provided for his family by farming and doing odd jobs wherever he could find them. Mother didn't finish high school, as she had to help at home, which helped in later years, too, because she was a good cook and seamstress.

My mother was a favorite cook of the community. One preacher would tell her that her food was "musty"; "I must have some more." She was noted for her angel food cakes. For a community affair, she sometimes baked as many as three in one day. Having only one pan, she would bake them one at a time in the wood stove. She knew exactly what size of wood to put in the stove to bake the cake.The way I learned to make an angel food cake was a case of emergency. My mother had promised to bake three cakes for someone. She got sick with a gall bladder attack after she had baked two of them. It was up to me to bake the last one. She directed me from her bed and when I was finished, mine was as high as hers. That boosted my morale, from then on I wasn't afraid to make an angel food cake. Pauline was afraid to make an angel food cake and didn't try until she had a cake mix to use.

Generally on Sunday morning, my mother would bake pies before she went to church because very often we brought the preacher home for dinner. We thought we had the preachers too often because when they appeared we had to put on the Sunday manners. My mother cooked a lot during the week so therefore it was a standing rule that everybody fix what he wanted for Sunday supper from the dinner leftovers.

My mother always baked her own bread twice a week. We thought it was a treat to eat bakery bread. The night before she baked bread we would have to bring the everlasting yeast up from the cellar. Then we would mix water and flour to it and let it sit overnight. We were never sure which one of us girls she would call on to do that job. Anyway, we were rewarded when we came home from school and could break off a piece of hot bread. We would then put good home made butter on it and have an after-school snack.

Mother had to go to the hospital for gall bladder surgery and it was a happy day when she came home. The ambulance was just ahead of the school bus. One boy made a smart remark about our mother riding in an ambulance. Pauline got so mad she started crying but I didn't care, I was glad to see my mother come home.

We were a large family and everyone had to do his share of the work which consisted of milking cows and churning butter. We kept several cows and it was a job to bring them home at night and take them back in the morning. My mother decided that she could make more money by churning the cream and selling the butter by the pound. Money from the eggs and butter was then used for groceries. That was one job that every one helped with. I remember a big barrel shaped churn that was almost too large for a small child, but we all had to help do this twice a week. We still have the trays mother put the molded butter on to take to the grocery store.

In our farm house we didn't have electricity. Our wood-burning stove had a reservoir and no warming oven. Later, we probably had a kerosene stove.

My mother believed in dreams. After Edith left home she would say, "I had a dream about Edith last night, we should hear from her today". The majority of the time we would get a letter.

The children all attended the little country school named "Cracker Box,"(later named Diamond). It was the center of that community's social life. After I completed my third year in school my father had our farm transferred to the Covington school district. From that time on we were a part of the Covington activities.

My older brother and sisters all attended Sunday School in Douglas. On special days (if I promised to be good) they would take me along. When the Covington Christian Church was started in 1925, my folks were charter members and were active in that church until their deaths.

My folks worked hard to provide for their family. Monday was always wash day. The first washing machine was operated by hand. It was a happy day when father bought a washing machine with a gasoline motor. Another job that had to be done was ironing. Mother ironed many a shirt with the old fashioned flat iron heated on a wood stove. Mother was a good seamstress, she used one basic pattern but could make a dress by looking at a picture of one in the store window or the catalog. I didn't have a "store bought" dress until my 8th grade graduation.

We were one big happy family. We didn't have to go away from home to have plenty of excitement. If we couldn't stir up enough just in our family we had plenty of relatives close by always willing to join in with us. After father died in 1935 my mother stayed on the farm for a few more years, then sold it to Uncle John's son, (Charlie Cutter), and that put our 80 acres back into the original 160 acre farm. Mother then bought a house in Covington and lived there until her death in 1956. My younger brother, Derald Dean (Billy), lived with mother until he went into the service for his country and was killed in the European Theater.

Sources

[S1076] Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Covington Record; Publication Date: 24 May 1923; Publication Place: Covington, Oklahoma, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/905494617/?article=22878475-6276-45fc-a8bd-15a2523fa264&focus=0.6360511,0.5219151,0.79355747,0.97226954&xid=3355.
Record for Lunger
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[S68] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Lettie L. Cutter
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[S63] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Otter, Garfield, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1463; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 76.
Record for Nathan Cutter
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1920 United States Federal Census - Nathan Evans Cutter