Word was received by friends here Tuesday morning of the death of Attorney Will S. Cochrane, 76, who passed away at Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he practiced law for many years. Attorney Cochrane died Sunday morning following a long illness Funeral rites were held at the Episcopal church in Tulsa Tuesday morning. Born in Madison township, 1884, he was the son of Dr, I. N. and Isabel Thomson Cochrane. He. was graduated from the Delphi high school and University of Michigan Law School in 1905 and had practiced many years at Tulsa. He served as a law clerk for the Dawes Commission, named to represent the five civilized Indian tribes. Later, he was named District Indian Agent at Nowata, Oklahoma. He served as legal counsel for Sinclair until his retirement in 1945, and was a member of the Tulsa County Excise Board for about a year until Door health forced him to retire. He was an authority on oil law and won a case before the United States Supreme Court at the age of 28. A Mason, he held 50-year membership with the Delphi, Indiana, lodge. He also was a former Lieutenant in the Indiana National Guard. He leaves two sisters: Miss Mary Cochrane, former librarian Delphi, and Mabel DeVitt, of Delavan, Wisconsin. A brother, Oliver, a veteran of the Spanish-American War,, and a half-brother, Dr. Frank Cochrane, a former dentist here preceded him in death. His wife died in 1955 and his son, Preston, in 1957, but a grandson, William Cochrane, 15, resides in Coalings, California. Mrs. G. A. Shaffer and Attorney Cochrane were classmates in the graduating class of 1902. He moved to Delphi with his parents when in grade school.

Delphi Journal February 23, 1961