The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
October 25, 1907
page 5
Pioneer Citizen Is Buried In Fairlawn
Funeral services were conducted over the body of Mrs. Delilah Elston,
by the Rev. Dr. P. C. Baird, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at 4
o'clock last evening at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Harper, 302
East Tenth street. The body was interred in Fairlawn cemetery.
Mrs. Elston was aged 91 years and died at the home of Mrs. Harper Tuesday
afternoon of a complication of diseases consequent upon her advanced years.
She had been a resident of Oklahoma City since 1895.
Besides Mrs. Harper, she is survived by three other children, Mrs. S. S.
King, Oklahoma City; L. C. Elston, Wichita, Kans. and T. N. Elston, Shawnee.