PILOT POINT POST SIGNAL-August 1, 1929
TIOGA MAN KILLED AT OKLAHOMA OIL FIELD
Walter Alfred Brune, rotary driller for the Magnolia Company was killed
instantly at the St. Louis oil field near Shawnee, Oklahoma, last week when a
part of the drilling machinery fell striking him on the head. The body was
brought to Tioga Sunday evening and taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. George
Thompson. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Christian Church, conducted by Elder H. G. Ball and Rev. Abernathy. Burial in
charge of the Pilot Point Masonic Lodge, was made in the Tioga Cemetery.
Mr. Brune was nearing the age of 30 years of age at the time of his death. He is
survived by his widow, who was well known in Tioga as Miss Lucille Martin, his
mother, six brothers and two sisters.
The esteem in which Mr. Brune was held was amply evidenced by the mass of
beautiful flowers that banked the casket and by the horde of people that
overflowed the church and lawn at the funeral hour.
A large crowd of out of town relatives and friends were present for the funeral.
TIOGA MAN KILLED AT OKLAHOMA OIL FIELD
Walter Alfred Brune, rotary driller for the Magnolia Company was killed
instantly at the St. Louis oil field near Shawnee, Oklahoma, last week when a
part of the drilling machinery fell striking him on the head. The body was
brought to Tioga Sunday evening and taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. George
Thompson. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Christian Church, conducted by Elder H. G. Ball and Rev. Abernathy. Burial in
charge of the Pilot Point Masonic Lodge, was made in the Tioga Cemetery.
Mr. Brune was nearing the age of 30 years of age at the time of his death. He is
survived by his widow, who was well known in Tioga as Miss Lucille Martin, his
mother, six brothers and two sisters.
The esteem in which Mr. Brune was held was amply evidenced by the mass of
beautiful flowers that banked the casket and by the horde of people that
overflowed the church and lawn at the funeral hour.
A large crowd of out of town relatives and friends were present for the funeral.
PILOT POINT POST SIGNAL-August 1, 1929
TIOGA MAN KILLED AT OKLAHOMA OIL FIELD
Walter Alfred Brune, rotary driller for the Magnolia Company was killed
instantly at the St. Louis oil field near Shawnee, Oklahoma, last week when a
part of the drilling machinery fell striking him on the head. The body was
brought to Tioga Sunday evening and taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. George
Thompson. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Christian Church, conducted by Elder H. G. Ball and Rev. Abernathy. Burial in
charge of the Pilot Point Masonic Lodge, was made in the Tioga Cemetery.
Mr. Brune was nearing the age of 30 years of age at the time of his death. He is
survived by his widow, who was well known in Tioga as Miss Lucille Martin, his
mother, six brothers and two sisters.
The esteem in which Mr. Brune was held was amply evidenced by the mass of
beautiful flowers that banked the casket and by the horde of people that
overflowed the church and lawn at the funeral hour.
A large crowd of out of town relatives and friends were present for the funeral.
TIOGA MAN KILLED AT OKLAHOMA OIL FIELD
Walter Alfred Brune, rotary driller for the Magnolia Company was killed
instantly at the St. Louis oil field near Shawnee, Oklahoma, last week when a
part of the drilling machinery fell striking him on the head. The body was
brought to Tioga Sunday evening and taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. George
Thompson. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Christian Church, conducted by Elder H. G. Ball and Rev. Abernathy. Burial in
charge of the Pilot Point Masonic Lodge, was made in the Tioga Cemetery.
Mr. Brune was nearing the age of 30 years of age at the time of his death. He is
survived by his widow, who was well known in Tioga as Miss Lucille Martin, his
mother, six brothers and two sisters.
The esteem in which Mr. Brune was held was amply evidenced by the mass of
beautiful flowers that banked the casket and by the horde of people that
overflowed the church and lawn at the funeral hour.
A large crowd of out of town relatives and friends were present for the funeral.
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