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September 25, 1939
Sapulpa Herald
Sapulpa, Creek Co. OK

MRS. L. O. LYTLE TAKEN BY DEATH

PROMINENT RESIDENT HERE FOR MANY YEARS SUCCUMBS TO LENGTHY ILLNESS.

Mrs. Harriett May Lytle, wife of L. O. Lytle prominent attorney of this city, died at her home shortly after 4 o’clock this morning. She was 62 years old. She succumbed to an extended illness.

She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Catherine Hohl of Sand Springs and six grandchildren, two of whom Harriett and Catherine Lytle reside in this city. One brother Charles Mills of Spokane, Wash., survives and two sisters, Mrs. Dallas Hile of Rittman, O., and Mrs. Warren Long, Wadsworth, O.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow, morning at 10 o’clock at the Lewis and Landrith chapel with Dr. Z. Willard Gunckel officiating. Interment will be made in South Heights Cemetery.

Mrs. Lytle has been active in social and civic affairs throughout her residence in this city.

Arrangements have been made for her to lie in state at the chapel from 8 to 9:30 o’clock tomorrow morning at which time friends may visit her bier.

Pall bearers at the funeral service include J. R. Miller, Roy Widman, J. T. Banks, John Faught, R. R. Wallace and Eugene B. Smith.


September 28, 1939
Sapulpa Herald
Sapulpa, Creek Co. OK

MRS. LYTLE RITES ARE HELD TUESDAY

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning in the chapel of Lewis and Landrith funeral home for Mrs. L. O. Lytle, wife of the prominent Sapulpa Lawyer, who died early Monday morning at her home.

Rev. Z. Willard Gunckel, pastor of the First Methodist church, conducted the services, and burial was at South Heights cemetery.

Mrs. Lytle, 62 years old, had been ill for some time prior to her death. Survivors include the husband, one daughter, Mrs. Catherine Hohl, Sand springs; one brother, Charles Mills, Spokane, Wash.; ; two sisters, Mrs. Dallas Hile, Rittman, O., and Mrs. Warren Long, Wadsworth, O., and six grandchildren, two of whom, Catherine and Harriett Lytle, live in Sapulpa.

Mrs. Lytle had long been an active worker in civic and social affairs in the city.

Pall bearers were J. R. Miller, Rou Wildman, J. F. Banks, John Faught, R. R. Wallace and Eugene B. Smith.