VINITA, Jan. 22.—Services will be in Vinita at 3 p.m.
Thursday for Dean Edward Ketron, 33, Vinita World war II
veteran, who was killed Tuesday while working on a well
drill northwest of Vinita.
Ketron, employed as a tool dresser, was on the machine
straightening the drilling cable on the intake spool when he
fell into the steel cable and was carried around the spool
before the engineer could stop the engine.
Survivors include his wife, one son, his father and two
sisters, all of Vinita. A brother, LeRoy, lives in Wichita.
Ketron served three years in the army in the south Pacific.
From The Oklahoma, 1/23/1947
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
