The Independence Daily Reporter Montgomery County Monday October 11, 1937 Clifford Mizer. Clifford MIZER, former Coffeyville resident, died Saturday morning in a hospital at Sapulpa, Okla., from a skull fracture suffered two weeks ago when he was struck by a 16-pound sledge hammer while he worked on an automobile in the garage where he was employed as a mechanic. The body has been returned to Coffeyville for burial.