The Independent-Reporter of 15 March 1923 on the death of George F. Oak, naming his widow and marriage date

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Type	Birth, marriage and death records
Record date	1923
Where it is	The Independent-Reporter of 15 March 1923 on the death of George F. Oak. It names his widow as ‘formerly Miss Lizzie Flye,’ married twenty-seven years earlier (c. 1896, before Irving's 1901 birth), among his seven children including ‘Irvin’; it does not itself call her Irving's mother, and Irving's 1981 obituary gives her name differently, as ‘Elizabeth Evans Oak.’
Held or published by	Copy held in the family archive
How it was read	Image examined; research dated 09-30-2026

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