VINITA, Feb. 23—Services will be at 3 p.m. from the First
Methodist church for W.M. Malone, 81, prominent state
banker. Burial will be at Fairview cemetery.
Malone founded the Bank Deposit Guarantee Journal in Vinita
and in 1909 started the Building and Loan Co. of Vinita,
which organization he headed until his death.
He was for seven years a member of the board of regents for
Tulsa university, and eight years in the same position for
Miami junior college. He served also as the president of the
National Saving and Home Examiners association.
Malone is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W.V. Rowe, Vinita,
and Sister Mary Virginia, Lansdale, Pa.; three sisters, Mrs.
Lydia Rowe, Vinita, Mrs. Margaret Harris and Mrs. Davie
Harris, Slater, Mo.
From The Oklahoma, 2/24/1948
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
