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Millard, Clarence

Age 35

Martin C. Y. Semple Mill

Miami News Record · Nov 05 1942 · Pg 13 · Col 5

Picher Oklahoma, Nov 5 Clarence Millard, 35, a pump man at the Martin C. Y. Semple Mill, on East A street, Picher, near Hockerville Oklahoma, lost his life at 5 this morning when he slipped and fell into a line shaft while attempting to throw a belt. His body was badly mangled before the machinery could be shut down. Millard is survived by his wife, Mrs. Estellene Millard, and three sons, Robert Millard, Donald Millard and Earl Millard, all at home, 208 East Tenth street, Picher.

Other survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Millard, Picher; five brothers, Floyd Millard, Melvin Millard, Eddie Millard, Charles Millard and Howard Millard, all of Picher; and three sisters, Mrs. Mable Crutcher, Quapaw Oklahoma, and Mrs. Ruth Newlin and Mrs. Mary Mayberry, both of Picher. The body was taken in a Durnil ambulancer to the American hospital in Picher and then to the Durnil funeral home, Picher. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Miami News Record · Nov 08 1942 · Pg 2 · Col 4

Funeral services for Clarence Millard will be held at the First Baptist church at 4 this afternoon with the Rev. Harold Hampton of Miami officiating. Burial will be made in the Greenlawn cemetery in Kansas, just northwest of Picher Oklahoma and Treece Kansas, with the Durnil funeral home of Picher Oklahoma in charge.

Disclaimer: If you search for these articles somewhere else, searches should be done by date in the city of Miami Oklahoma. The clippings have "Miami Newspapers, Miami Oklahoma." The paper changed names several times making it difficult to search by title. Most of the Hard Rock Lead and Zinc Fatalities newspaper clippings are from the personal files of I. D. Hulvey, former powderman in the Picher mine and then owner of the Hulvey Insurance Agency.