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Elton Sullavan

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Elton Sullavan

Birth
Death
28 Sep 1965 (aged 68–69)
Alfalfa, Caddo County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Eakly, Caddo County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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The Carnegie Herald, Wed., September 29, 1965
Heart Attack Is Fatal For Former Eakly Postmaster
Elton Sullavan, a retired Eakly postmaster, was found dead Tuesday morning about 11 o'clock on Cobb Creek, east of Alfalfa, where he had been working on a road fill. He had died from an apparent heart attack about an hour before being found where he was fishing.
Funeral services have been scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Eakly Methodist church.
A bridge on Cobb Creek had been washed out by the recent rains and Sullavan, 69 years of age, had been filling in a place for cars to pass.
He and his wife, the former Kinley Thompson, had been residents of Eakly and community for many years. They had two sons; one, Kenneth Dale, preceded him in death.
Survivors in addition to his wife of the home and one son, Lavern of Canute, Okla., includes three sisters, Mrs. C.A. Boydstun of Clovis, Calif., a former resident of this community, Mrs. Gertrude Hildebrand, Oklahoma City and Mrs. Viola King of Tulare, Calif.; one brother, Clayton Sullavan of California and one grandson, Greg Sullavan, Carnegie.
The Carnegie Herald, Wed., September 29, 1965
Heart Attack Is Fatal For Former Eakly Postmaster
Elton Sullavan, a retired Eakly postmaster, was found dead Tuesday morning about 11 o'clock on Cobb Creek, east of Alfalfa, where he had been working on a road fill. He had died from an apparent heart attack about an hour before being found where he was fishing.
Funeral services have been scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Eakly Methodist church.
A bridge on Cobb Creek had been washed out by the recent rains and Sullavan, 69 years of age, had been filling in a place for cars to pass.
He and his wife, the former Kinley Thompson, had been residents of Eakly and community for many years. They had two sons; one, Kenneth Dale, preceded him in death.
Survivors in addition to his wife of the home and one son, Lavern of Canute, Okla., includes three sisters, Mrs. C.A. Boydstun of Clovis, Calif., a former resident of this community, Mrs. Gertrude Hildebrand, Oklahoma City and Mrs. Viola King of Tulare, Calif.; one brother, Clayton Sullavan of California and one grandson, Greg Sullavan, Carnegie.


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