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Submitted: 8/18/09 • Approved: 3/9/13 • Last Updated: 3/12/13 • R224153-G224153-S3
William
May 11 1865 - July 28 1926
Died Claremore OK in car/train accident
Anna
Feb 17 1870 - July 28 1926
Died Claremore OK in car/train accident
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, July 29, 1926
CROCKER, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. - Word was received here late last evening of the death of Mrs. W.H. Crocker of Claremore, Okla. when the car she was in was struck by a train seven miles out of Claremore and her husband, who accompanied her, was so seriously injured that he died last night about midnight. They are survived by three sons and three daughters and Mrs. Crocker is a sister of Mrs. W.B. Kennan, Mrs. Ike Woodruff, Mrs. Charlie Hays, Mrs. W.A. Wardlaw and Mrs. Mollie Hardin and John Willingham of this city. William Crocker, 23 years old, a son, was killed here last March in a similar way when the Ferguson Lumber Co.'s truck, which he was driving, was hit. Funeral arrangements await the arrival of relatives with the bodies.
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, August 5, 1926
Funeral services for William Crocker and wife of Claremore, Okla. who were killed last Wednesday night in a collision of their auto with a Missouri Pacific train near Claremore, was held Saturday at Oakley Chapel, west of Rogers and were conducted by Rev. T.B. Clark of the Christian church of this city. They were buried by the side of their son, Wm. Crocker, who was killed in a similar accident in Rogers last March. Mr. Crocker was 61 years old and his wife was 55. Both were former residents of Rogers and were married in this city 36 years ago. They had been conducting a hotel in Claremore for a number of years. They are survived by three daughters, all of whom were here for the funeral on Saturday. Mrs. Crocker had five sisters in Rogers, Mrs. Mollie Hardin, Mrs. Wm. Wardlaw, Mrs. W.B. Kennan, Mrs. Ike Woodruff, Mrs. Chas. Hayes and one brother, John Willingham, also of Rogers.
Contributed on 8/18/09 by wfields55
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