Obit.Tulsa,OK EATON, Charles Ward
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Posted by Sharon Hamilton sharkay@swbell.net on 23Jun2001

Posted in the Skiatook News, XLIV, Thur, Sep 15, 1949

"Uncle Charley" Eaton, 79, Pioneer Died Tuesday September 6th...
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     Mr. Charles Ward Eaton, 79, a resident of Skiatook since statehood,
died late Tuesday, September 6, at his home.  A native of Mound City,
Kans., Mr. Eaton lived in Tulsa county for more than 65 of his 79 years
of age.
     He built one of the first two-story houses in Tulsa before
statehood at 8th st. and Cincinnati ave.  He also had owned business
property on N. Main St.
     Until his health failed, “Uncle Charley”, was active in state and
county politics.  He was popular as emcee for political rallies and had
introduced many state and county officials.  Probably the biggest thrill
of introductions at political rallies was when he introduced his
grandson, Jim Hardesty, as candidate for commissioner of Tulsa county.
Jim is our present county commissioner.
     Mr. Eaton ran for only one office while he was active in politics.
He once ran for a state legislative post and was defeated by only a few
votes.
     Mr. Eaton claimed that he was the first Tulsan hit by an
automobile.  He often related how he tried dodging one of the first cars
in Tulsa.  “It was an old chain drive Ford,” Mr. Eaton said.  “And it
hit me as I was leaving my house at 8th st. and Cincinnati ave.”  “I
didn’t even know that there was an automobile in town.”
     Mr. Eaton had a hobby of writing poetry and writing stories.  Some
of his poems were published in his home-town paper, The Skiatook News,
to which he was a faithful subscriber.  Some of his poems and articles
were used in the Tulsa papers.
     Mr. Eaton served as game warden of this district in 1911.
     Requiem mass for Charles Ward Eaton was celebrated at 10 a.m.
Thursday, September 8th, from the Sacred Heart Catholic church.  Father
George Forner said the mass and conducted burial services at the grave
at Hillside cemetery.  Father S. H. Kleman, C. PP. S., pastor of Nowata,
and former assistant pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, preached the sermon.

     Survivors include two sons, Bryan and Sam Eaton, Skiatook; two
brothers, Victor Eaton, Stillwater, and Walter Eaton, Utah; three
sisters, Mrs. W. E. LaForge, 2445 E. 12th st., Tulsa; Mrs. W. H. Taylor,
2911 N. Lansing ave., Tulsa; and Miss Della Eaton, Brownwood, Tex.;11
grandchildren and five great grand-children.
     Funeral arrangements were in charge of Rogers funeral home.