VINITA, July 18—Services will be announced by Luginbuel
Brothers funeral home here for A.L. Mitchell, 84-year-old
pioneer Vinita druggist who died Wednesday in a Nowata
hospital. He had been ill three weeks.
He closed his store here in March, 1954, after 38 years of
drug operation in Vinita. He continued to work as a
pharmacist for northeastern Oklahoma firms before illness
caused his complete retirement.
Mitchell came to Vinita in 1909, and worked in a department
store until 1916 when he purchased an interest in a drug
store. In 1932, he bought his partner’s interest.
Mitchell, who attended the Kansas City, Mo. Pharmacy college
became a registered pharmacist in Oklahoma in 1920. He was
born in a log cabin in County, Texas, and was a member of
the First Methodist church here.
Survivors include one son, Conrad W., Nowata; one daughter,
Mrs. Vera Starwalt, Pawhuska; and four grandchildren.
From
The Oklahoma, 7/19/1956
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
