Obit of Dr. Euel Park Hathaway (h300) - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Harold Grisso 26 Sep 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Hathaway, Vandruff, Johnson Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YYB.2ACE/498 From the Lawton Constitution Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County) Tuesday, July 13, 1948 Rites Set For Dr. Hathaway Dr. Euel Park Hathaway, Lawton physician since 1933 and director of the city-county health department, died at 8:50 a.m. today in the family home, 706 Arlington, following a week's serious illness. Death was attributed to cirrhosis of the liver. The widely-known health official had been in ill health since he suffered a previous severe attack in January, 1947. Born Sept. 1, 1903, at Pontotoc, Okla., Dr. Hathaway moved with his parents in 1908 to Mountain View, where he was graduated from high school in 1921. A 1929 graduate of the University of Oklahoma medical school, he interned in 1930 at Oklahoma City's Wesley hospital. He practiced medicine at the capital city, and was an instructor in urological work in the University hospital. Moved Here in 1933 Dr. Hathaway married Miss Cleo Vandruff of Hominy Jan. 24, 1931, at Pawhuska. The couple moved to Lawton in 1933, and he established a practice here. Death ended a long career of public service in the field of health for Dr. Hathaway, who became a state health department deputy in June, 1942. He had served as county health superintendent until the city-county health department was established here Dec. 1, 1940. Always vitally interested in public health, Dr. Hathaway was among those instrumental in organization of the department. In January, 1943, Dr. Hathaway was appointed county health superintendent, to work with Dr. John Brown, city-county health director, who was not licensed for the practice of medicine in Oklahoma. Dr. Hathaway later continued to serve as an assistant and was especially concerned in venereal disease control work. Child welfare and immunization programs were also among his special interests. Upon recovering from his illness, Dr. Hathaway was again named city- county health director in September, 1947, and served in that capacity until the present time. He has been an active member of the Comanche County Medical Society. Hardy Watson, city-county sanitarian, will serve as acting director until a successor is named. Survivors in addition to Mrs. Hathaway are two daughters, Gwendolyn, 11, and Marcia Ann, 6; his father, Dr. A. H. Hathaway, Mountain View; a brother, James E. Hathaway, Cheyenne, Okla., and a sister, Mrs. James Johnson, an instructor at the Southwest Institute of Technology, Weatherford. Services are set for 10 a.m. Thursday in the Lawton Funeral home chapel, with Rev. Donald Harrell, First Methodist church pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.