Mabon, Erben

Erben C. Mabon, 80, a retired Eagle Picher mining official who was a pioneer in advancement of safety techniques in the Tri-State mining field, died at 6 pm Monday at St. John's hospital, Tulsa, where he had been a patient for the past week. He succumbed to a heart attack following surgery. Mr. Mabon was a mine superintendent and operator in this area before entering the Army in 1928, during World War I. Later he was employed by the Eagle Picher Co. for 32 years, during which mining safety was one of his major areas of responsibility. He retired in 1957 as Eagle Picher personnel director. He also served on the National Labor Relations Board for a year. Born Dec 7, 1890, at Hartville Missouri, Mr. Mabon had lived in Miami since 1909. His father the late James S. Mabon, was an early day state senator from Miami. R. Mabon was a member of the First United Methodist church and the Miami American Legion post. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Joy Mabon, of the home at 720 McKinley; a son, Dale Mabon, Miami; two daughters, Mrs. Willie Osborn, Miami, and Mrs. Earl Elliott, Tulsa; three sisters, Miss Zella Mabon and Mrs. Edna Sween, both of Miami, and Mrs. Edith McWilliams, Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, and eight grandchildren. Arrangements for final rites will be announced by the Cooper funeral home.

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