George Bracken, 49, former city car salesman and instructor at Oklahoma City University, died Saturday [December 24, 1951] in El Reno sanitarium after suffering a series of strokes.
Bracken had lived in El Reno with his sister, Mrs. Paul Strate the past three years. Born in Kingfisher, he was the son of the late Arthur E. Bracken, state pioneer and first licensed undertaker in the state.
He was graduated from Kansas university in 1923 and for 14 years he was a salesman in Kansas City, Mo. He came to Oklahoma City in 1937 and was employed by Green-lease-Moore Chevrolet Co. During the early part of the war he was physical director at OCU. He suffered a stroke in 1943 which left him partially
paralyzed.
Services will be at 2:30 pm Monday in Kingfisher Methodist Church. Burial will be in Kingfisher Cemetery.
Contributed by: Shelli Steedman