Five generations of Claud Bland's family met September 14 in the home of his great grandson, Mike Cook II, in Edmond.
Born December 6, 1894, at Oak Forrest, PA, Bland moved to Oklahoma in 1921, living in Fittstown, from 1935-1959. He moved to Keystone Manor in 1966.
He worked for Independent Oil and Gas and Phillips Petroleum and retired from WA Delaney Oil Company in 1959.
Bland has two living children, seven grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
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