Obit.Tulsa,OK MCCORMICK, Daniel
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POSTED Tulsa Daily World 16Oct1953-Contributed by:Sean Drury on 21Jul2000

PIONEER OIL DRILLER DIES 
Mass Saturday for Daniel McCormick, 91 
Daniel O. McCormick, 91, of 3150 S. Madison ave., pioneer state oil driller, died Thurdsay in a Tulsa hospital shortly after suffering an apparent stroke at 4th and Main sts. Relatives said he hadn't been ill. 
Mr. McCormick came to Tulsa in 1907 from Bartlesville and had worked in all the major oil fields in this area before retiring about 23 years ago. Since that time he had made his home with a daughter, Mrs. J.F. McConnell. 
He was a native of Oil City, Pa., and had lived at Hartford City, Ind., before moving to Bartlesville in about 1900. Despite his advanced age, Mr. McCormick took an active interest in the International Petroleum exhibition recently held here and in different phases of the oil industry. 
Mr. McCormick was a member of Christ the King Catholic church and a former member of the Knights of Columbus. 
Survivors also include a son, C.B. McCormick, Seattle, and a grandchild. 
A rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Fitzgerald funeral home. 
Requiem mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Saturday in Christ the King church. 
Interment will be in Calvary Catholic cemetery.