The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-23
MRS. M. {. C0ND0N
TAKEN BY DEATH
Pioneer Oklahoma Woman,
Long Ill, Dies at the
Home of Son

Mrs. Mary r.. Condor. pioneer
Oknhoman and one of Tulsas best
known women. died Sunday morn
AZ at 4:JO o'clock at the rcsidence
of her son, Henry $. Condor, local
following an illness OF nine months.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence Monday afte noon at
a.gO o'clock, Rev. G. w. Kerr If the
First Presbyterian church p!ticiat-
inr. Burial will occur Tuesday
afternoon at QklahomY City IN the
family plot. She will be laid q rest
beside the body OF her late hue
band. George w. Condon, who died
A. oklahoma City IN April, 1908.
Members OF the family and friends
win accompany the remains TO
oklahoma City, where they will be
met at the station by n delegation
of members OF tho Rebekah lodge
and order OF Eastern Star. These
Two orders Will escort the body di-
rc,ty to the cemetery, whore they
wiz be in charge of the burial cere-
mIny
tThc deceased is survived by three
.66s. two sisters and three brothers
Tho sons. II. S. Condor OF Tulsa,
wilbur Condor of Tahlequah and
Glenn Condor OF New York were
all at the bedside when tho end
came
Mrs Condor was n resident Of
Tulsa for fourteen years during all
of which time she was active In
lodge circles She eudeared her
self tn q host of friends and prob
ably had as many friends as any
woman in the city. She belonged
to Tulsa Chapter No. 1913, o. Il. s..
.H "a fyth n NJ D.
bekah lodge for IS years.
The surviving brothers and sis
tors are Mrs. Helen II. Robinson,
chicago; Mrs. Joseph Molloy. Mar
shalluwn. Iowa; Charles benson
and Homer Benson of Kellogg,
Iowa. and Frank Benson, Greenfield,
Iowa
She was born at Westport, Dane
County, Wisconsin, near Madison,
uecember IL. 1854. She was mar
Ied to George w. Condor at Kel-
logg Iowa. April 90, 1877.
With their three sons the couple
moved to oklahoma IN 1892, sitting
at oklahoma City, where they
played prominent part In the
early develoment of that city, and
where Mr.. Condor died in April.
1905. He was one of the first build o.
lUL tbiAl u'l ltIN III 1t ldtipllt wy
and erected many of the first sub
stantial structures there.
Mrs Condor moved to Tulsa after
her husbands death and made her
home here with her son and daugh-
ter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs II. S. Con-
don
She was considered particularly
active for one OF her age and pos
sesscd Of remarkable vitality, but
April 90, 1921, she became III and
week later was operated ON at n
local hospital for gall stones. She
never fully recovered. Last June
II was feared she would not sur
vivc ana her two absent sons were
summoned To her bedside. but she
rallied and hopes were entertained
FOR her recovery. Recently. how
over, after being bedriddcn for
months. she suffered - serious re-
lapse. For the past week she was
unconscious most OF the time. barely
recognizing her sons when they first
arrived. The end came peacefully.
The deceased was a girlhpod chum
OF Ella Wheeler Wilcox. noted
American poetess They lived on
adjoining farms in Wisconsin and
Mrs Condor was with the poet when
she wrote her first published essay.
The two were in correspondence
with each other until Mrs. Wilcox's $
death few years ago.