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 AMERICAN VETERAN  

Sapulpa Herald
Sapulpa, Creek Co. OK
December 24, 1987
 

MIAMI, Okla. — Former Sapulpan Mr. David N. Arter, 69, of Miami died Wednesday at Baptist Regional Health Center, Miami.

Services are scheduled for 10 am Saturday at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel, Miami, with the Rev. Stephen Robinson officiating.

Burial will be at 1:30 pm Saturday in the Green Hills Memorial Gardens, Sapulpa.

Mr. Arter was born Aug 27, 1918, in Old Fort, Ohio. He moved to Miami from Sapulpa in 1853.

He was a World War II Army veteran, a charter member of the Oklahoma Alarm Association, a former member of the Miami Rotary Club, a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the Presbyterian church. He also was active in the Boy Scouts of America and had received the organization’s coveted Silver Beaver award.

Mr. Atter had played Santa Claus for numerous Miami organizations before his illness.

He owned Wineart Pottery Co. and Wineart Electronics.

Survivors include wife Clara; brothers Donald and Clarence, both of Tiffin, Ohio; and sister Maye Cook of Tiffin.

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Complied and transcribed by Marti Graham, 2011.