McCalister, Mittie

Obit Index

Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 21, 1941
page 24

Mrs. Mittie McCalister, 86 years old, a native of Texas and a state resident many years, died at the infirmities of age Saturday at her home, 3125 North Shartel avenue.

Mrs. McCalister, a city resident since 1934, was the mother of Miss Lela McCalister, home address, a teacher of the Edgemere school, and Wayde McCalister, 1130 Woodlawn avenue, principal of Britton high school.

She was born Nov 5, 1855, at Pilot Point, Texas and was a distant kin of Josephus Daniels, former ambassador to Mexico.

Mrs. McCalister, a member of the Christian church, was married in 1877 and first came to Oklahoma in 1896, settling at Hartshorne, where her husband, the late D. H. McCalister, was superintendent of bridge construction work for a railroad.

After two years at Hartshorne, the couple moved back to Texas, but returned to Oklahoma in 1904 and settled at Durant. There McCalister engaged in strawberry farming and was associated with the Trimble-McCalister Fruit Co., which shipped the first train load of strawberries out of the states.

In 1916 the McCalisters moved to Norman. Mr. McCalister died in 1924.

Rites will be at 10 am Monday at the Smith and Kernke funeral home.

Contributed by Marti Graham, December 2003. Information posted as courtesy to researchers. The contributor is not related to nor researching any of the above.

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