VINITA, Jan. 24.—H.C. Demunbrun, 62, superintendent of
Vinita schools, died unexpectedly of a heart ailment while
in his office in Vinita highschool Monday morning.
He was in his nineteenth year as superintendent here, coming
from Canton in 1930. Demunbrun received his BA degree from
Northwestern State college, Alva, and completed his master’s
degree at Oklahoma A&M. He was member of the Rotary club,
First Presbyterian church, the Masons and was active in the
state War Dads association.
Survivors include his wife, Blanche, of the home; a son,
Elmo G. Deumbrun, Watonga; two daughters, Mrs. Tom Smysor,
Bartlesville, and Mrs. Vivian E. Burdick, Vinita; his
stepmother, Mrs. Joe Demunbrun, Greenfield, Okla., two
sisters, Mrs. Jessie G. Lanning, Geary, and Mrs. Virginia
Haynes, Altus; one brother, Charles B. Demunbrun, Muskogee,
and two half-brothers, Gaither and Carl Demunbrun.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
From The Oklahoma, 1/25/1949
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
