Obituary, The Oklahoman, January 8, 1949
Services for Oscar V. Sewell, 69-year old Oklahoma Railway Company motorman who died late Thursday night while going from his home at 1505 Northwest 9 to Wesley Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Olivet Baptist Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Sewell was stricken unexpectedly Thursday with a heart attack and died in an ambulance shortly afterwards.
Known to thousands of college students and commuters on all interurban and bus lines around Oklahoma City, he was a motorman 37 years and retired about four years ago. He was one of the first to begin work on the interurbans (street cars) when they were installed more than 40 years ago. He served on the Guthrie, El Reno, and Norman lines. Sewell was born January 31, 1879 in Crossroads, Georgia and came to Oklahoma City in 1905 from Tecumseh. He and Mrs. Sewell who died in 1938 lived in Tecumseh two years.
Survivors include his second wife, Ellen, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Haas, 2526 Northwest 11th; a son, Karl Sewell, 2417 Northwest 31st; and five sisters, Mrs. J. C. Mitchell, Wichita Falls, Texas; Mrs. W. M. Martin, Graham, Texas; Mrs. Alice Brown, Tecumseh; Mrs. Nora Penny, Tecumseh; and Mrs. Bob McKinney, Gentry, Arkansas.
Services for Oscar V. Sewell, 69-year old Oklahoma Railway Company motorman who died late Thursday night while going from his home at 1505 Northwest 9 to Wesley Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Olivet Baptist Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Sewell was stricken unexpectedly Thursday with a heart attack and died in an ambulance shortly afterwards.
Known to thousands of college students and commuters on all interurban and bus lines around Oklahoma City, he was a motorman 37 years and retired about four years ago. He was one of the first to begin work on the interurbans (street cars) when they were installed more than 40 years ago. He served on the Guthrie, El Reno, and Norman lines. Sewell was born January 31, 1879 in Crossroads, Georgia and came to Oklahoma City in 1905 from Tecumseh. He and Mrs. Sewell who died in 1938 lived in Tecumseh two years.
Survivors include his second wife, Ellen, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Haas, 2526 Northwest 11th; a son, Karl Sewell, 2417 Northwest 31st; and five sisters, Mrs. J. C. Mitchell, Wichita Falls, Texas; Mrs. W. M. Martin, Graham, Texas; Mrs. Alice Brown, Tecumseh; Mrs. Nora Penny, Tecumseh; and Mrs. Bob McKinney, Gentry, Arkansas.
Obituary, The Oklahoman, January 8, 1949
Services for Oscar V. Sewell, 69-year old Oklahoma Railway Company motorman who died late Thursday night while going from his home at 1505 Northwest 9 to Wesley Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Olivet Baptist Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Sewell was stricken unexpectedly Thursday with a heart attack and died in an ambulance shortly afterwards.
Known to thousands of college students and commuters on all interurban and bus lines around Oklahoma City, he was a motorman 37 years and retired about four years ago. He was one of the first to begin work on the interurbans (street cars) when they were installed more than 40 years ago. He served on the Guthrie, El Reno, and Norman lines. Sewell was born January 31, 1879 in Crossroads, Georgia and came to Oklahoma City in 1905 from Tecumseh. He and Mrs. Sewell who died in 1938 lived in Tecumseh two years.
Survivors include his second wife, Ellen, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Haas, 2526 Northwest 11th; a son, Karl Sewell, 2417 Northwest 31st; and five sisters, Mrs. J. C. Mitchell, Wichita Falls, Texas; Mrs. W. M. Martin, Graham, Texas; Mrs. Alice Brown, Tecumseh; Mrs. Nora Penny, Tecumseh; and Mrs. Bob McKinney, Gentry, Arkansas.
Services for Oscar V. Sewell, 69-year old Oklahoma Railway Company motorman who died late Thursday night while going from his home at 1505 Northwest 9 to Wesley Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Olivet Baptist Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Sewell was stricken unexpectedly Thursday with a heart attack and died in an ambulance shortly afterwards.
Known to thousands of college students and commuters on all interurban and bus lines around Oklahoma City, he was a motorman 37 years and retired about four years ago. He was one of the first to begin work on the interurbans (street cars) when they were installed more than 40 years ago. He served on the Guthrie, El Reno, and Norman lines. Sewell was born January 31, 1879 in Crossroads, Georgia and came to Oklahoma City in 1905 from Tecumseh. He and Mrs. Sewell who died in 1938 lived in Tecumseh two years.
Survivors include his second wife, Ellen, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Haas, 2526 Northwest 11th; a son, Karl Sewell, 2417 Northwest 31st; and five sisters, Mrs. J. C. Mitchell, Wichita Falls, Texas; Mrs. W. M. Martin, Graham, Texas; Mrs. Alice Brown, Tecumseh; Mrs. Nora Penny, Tecumseh; and Mrs. Bob McKinney, Gentry, Arkansas.
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