Ruth Imogene Irvine and Milton Malcolm Mershon

MILTON MALCOLM MERSHON was born October 22, 1894 in Texas,¹⁴⁸⁶ and died May 24, 1976 in Houston, Harris, Texas.¹⁴⁸⁶ He is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶

He married RUTH IMOGENE IRVINE on June 13, 1925 in Masonic Temple, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma,⁶⁷³⁸ daughter of GRACE LENORA SHOWALTER and FRANCIS SIMMONS IRVINE. She was born September 12, 1903 in Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma,^{456, 10648} and died January 3, 1994.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶

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• Milton Malcolm Mershon was a member of the First Christian Church. ¹⁰⁶⁴⁷

Walters Herald, June 25, 1925¹⁰⁶⁸¹

Milton Mershon Marries Perry Girl

Milton Mershon, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Mershon of this city,w as married to Miss Ruth Irvine of Perry, Oklahoma, Saturday, June 13. Mr. Mershon was practically reared in Walters have graduated from Walters High School in 1916. He has completed a course in geology at the Oklahoma University and is now employed with an oil company at Tulsa. He is a man of sterling character and is valued as a true friend by all who are acquainted with him. Mrs. Mershon possesses and amiable disposition and an unusual and pleasing personality that gains her friends everywhere she goes.

Mr. and Mrs. Mershon arrived in Walters Thursday for an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Mershon and family.

Tulsa World, May 25, 1976¹⁰⁶⁴⁷

Former Tulsan Dies in Texas

Milton M. Mershon, 81, former long-time Tulsan and former petroleum engineer, died Monday at Houston, Tex., nursing home.

Funeral services are scheduled Wednesday at Houston. Graveside services are scheduled at 10 a.m. Thursday in Memorial Park Cemetery here under the direction of Stanleys Funeral Service.

A 41-year resident of Tulsa, Mershon had resided in Houston for the past four years.

Mershon attended Henry Kendall College and was a World War I veteran, serving in France with the 91st Aerial Squadron.

Mershon was employed by Public Service Co. for 26 years before retiring. He was a member of First Christian Church, Sons of the American Revolution, and Knights of Templar. In 1971, he received his 50-year membership pin from the Masonic Lodge.

Survivors include his wife, Ruth, Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Edmund S. Bard, Houston, and Mrs. Sigmund F. Bajak, Scarsdale, N.Y.; a son, Dr. F. Allen Mershon, Houston; three sisters; two brothers; nine grandchildren and one great grandson.

Tulsa World, January 5, 1994¹⁰⁶⁴⁹

MERSHON— Ruth I., 90, died January 3, 1994. She is survived by: her children, Mrs. Edmund F. Bard, Mrs. Sig Bajak, Mrs. Charlene Mershon; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Graveside rites will be held in Tulsa, OK under the direction of Stanleys Funeral Home.