Houchin, Edward

Picher Oklahoma, Aug. 23--Funeral services for Edward Houchin, 28 years old, 810 South Francis street, Picher, who died at a local hospital yesterday following injuries received at the Rialto Mine several hours earlier, will be held at the family home at 9:30 am tomorrow morning. The Rev. Wesley Post will conduct the services and burial will be at Aurora Missouri. Houchin was employed as a tub hooker. The accident causing his death was due to a boulder falling down the shaft and striking him on the head.

Besides his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Houchin, two children, Harry Lee Houchin, 4 years old, and Virginia Ruth Houchin, three months old; his parents, four brothers and three sisters survive. The parents reside at Aurora Missouri The sisters, Minnie Houchin, Leona Houchin and Ida May Houchin, also reside at Aurora. The brothers are: Virgil Houchin, who lives in South Dakota; Loren Houchin and Mose Houchin of Picher Oklahoma, and Oliver Houchin of Aurora.

Mrs. Gertrude M. Houchin, 810 South Francis street, Picher Oklahoma, widow of Edward L. Houchin, who was injured fatally Aug 21, last, in an accident at the Rialto Mine No. 3, field shaft, where he was employed, Monday filed suit in district court against A. G. Hull, doing business under the name of the Rialto Mining Company for $50,000 damages. Houchin, who was a tub hooker, died within an hour after he had been struck on the head by a falling rock. The widow alleges his death was a result of "carelessness and negligence" on the part of the Rialto Company.

Mrs. Gertrude M. Houchin of Picher today filed suit in the district court against H. E. Hull, Frank Howard, Ray McNaughton and Samuel Ash, doing business as the Rialto Mining Company, for $50,000 damages for the death of her husband, Edward L. Houchin, who was killed Aug 21, 1925, in an accident in Rialto Mine No. 3 field shaft. Houchin, a tub hooker was struck by a falling boulder.