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

Joseph Corlee, 416 Southwest Twelfth street, 64 year old retired carpenter, died Saturday at Oklahoma City General hospital after an illness of about a year and a half.

Corlee, ill of high blood pressure suffered a paralytic stroke Friday at his home and failed to regain consciousness.

He was a resident at the state 40 years, moving to Weatherford from Illinois. Later he lived at El Reno. He had made his home here the last 15 years. He was baptized a Catholic Friday.

Survivors include his wife, five sons, Carl, 5 years old, Charles, 7, and Oran, 11, all of the home; Fred, El Reno. and Earl, Tulsa; six daughters, Dorothy, 14, home address; Mrs. Mona Anderson, 1130 1/2 West Reno avenue; Mrs. Alma Burgess and Miss Nova Corlee, both of El Reno; Mrs. Stella Randolph, Ardmore, and another daughter in South American, and two brothers, B. L. Weatherford, and B. G., El Reno.

Arrangements will be announced later by the Watts and McAtee 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.