Cooper, Oren

Picher Oklahoma, Sept. 15 Oren Cooper, 45 years old, of Commerce Oklahoma, was instantly killed about 8 this morning at the Lawyers Mine No. 2, northwest of Picher, when caught beneath a falling slab. Cooper, who was employed as general ground foreman by the Lawyers Mining Company, was making an inspection of the mine at the time of the accident. The body is at the morgue of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher.

Commerce Oklahoma, Sept. 16 Funeral services for Oren Cooper, ground foreman for the Lawyers Mining Company, who was killed in an accident at the Lawyer Mine No. 2, yesterday, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Christian church at Commerce. The Rev. Rolla Grim will officiate. Burial will be in the Carterville Missouri cemetery under the direction of the Mitchelson undertaking company of Commerce. Mr. Cooper was 42 years old. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Cooper; five children, Frederick Cooper, Hulda Cooper, Oren Silas Cooper, Ruth Cooper and Delores Cooper; five brothers, Bert Cooper, Charles Cooper, Merl Cooper and Fern Cooper, all of Commerce, and Arthur Cooper of Big Creek California, and one sister, Mrs. Myrtle Shapley of Joplin Missouri. Pallbearers will be: Chuck Robertson, J. Shepherd, Ray Sikes, Charles Poteete, Willis Crowe and G. McWethy.

Commerce Oklahoma, Sept 17 The funeral of Oren Cooper, 42 years old, of Commerce, who was killed Thursday morning at the Lawyer Mine No. 2 when caught beneath a falling slab, will be held at the Christian church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Rolla Grim will officiate. Burial will be in Carterville Missouri cemetery under the direction of the Hal Mitchelson undertaking company of Commerce.