Dunbar - Cleve
Source: Yukon, Oklahoma Sun Thu 27 Sept 1945 p 1
Death struck twice in an Oklahoma family Saturday when an 87-year-old mother and her son, 60, died within a few hours of each other. The mother, Mrs. Sarah Dunbar of Mustang, an invalid for five years, died at her home there. Her son, Cleve Dunbar who had been ill at University Hospital, Oklahoma city for his past month, died just four hours later. Joint funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the Turner funeral home, Yukon, conducted by Rev. DM Parker, pastor of the Methodist Church, with burial in Mustang cemetery. Mrs. Dunbar, who came to Oklahoma with her family in 1909, had been a resident of Canadian County since that time. Her son, who was a veteran of the Fist World War, had been a farmer before his illness. Dunbar’s survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elsie Dunbar and six children, all of Mustang, Betty June Dunbar, Billie Jean Dunbar, JC Dunbar, JE Dunbar, James Dunbar and Earl Dunbar. Other are two sisters, Mrs. Mary Owen of Yukon and Mrs. Eva Parson of Pryor; and brothers, Earl, Nathan and John all of Mustang and Forrest Dunbar of Los Angeles. kbz