Swartz, Carl Francis

a 50 year old Commerce man was found burned to death in his home this morning. Carl Swartz apparently died when the mattress of his bed caught fire, possible from a cigaret. He suffered extensive burns over his body. Swartz's son, Joy Swartz of Commerce, found the body about 8:30 o'clock lying on the bedroom floor. The mattress was destroyed but there was no other fire damage, according to investigators. Commerce police chief Earl Brookshire, Ottawa county Oklahoma Deputy Curtis Myers and a Miami physician investigated. Swartz, a miner, had lived in Commerce the past 16 years. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Alene Beasley, Liberal Kansas; Mrs. Lila Gazette, Liberal Kansas; and Mrs. Hazel Hirsh, Weir Kansas.

Funeral services will be at 10 am in the Commerce Christian church with Lincoln York officiating. Burial will be in the Shiloh cemetery, north of Liberal Missouri. Swartz died at his Commerce home Thursday morning of burns received when his bed caught fire. Pallbearers will be Jack Ross, Henry Hart, Marvin Johnson, Fred Roberts, Robert Wilmoth and Tig Cowden.