Leo V. Framel, Jr.
Apr 28, 2011
Leo V. Framel, Jr. Leo V. Framel, Jr., 79, died on Thursday, April 28, 2011. Leo, son of Leo V. Framel, Sr. and Amelia Denne Framel, was born May 19, 1931 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He attended St. Boniface grade school in Fort Smith and graduated from Subiaco Academy in 1949. After serving in the United States Army during the...
Geneva Esther Freymuth
Apr 27, 2011
Geneva Esther Freymuth, age 91, died at home on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. She was born on January 24, 1920 to parents Maude (Akers) and Albert Freymuth. She worked as a dairy farmer. She is survived by nephew Phillip Dale and wife Jane, niece Leigh Ann Underhill; great nephews and nieces: Aaron Dale, John Dale, Stephanie Ivey, Rodney Ivey, Janette...
Skilly Forsman
Apr 26, 2011
Catherine Margaret "Skilly" Forsman passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at the age of 89. Skilly was born in Oklahoma City, OK, on February 14, 1922, and moved with her family to Tulsa shortly afterwards. She was the only child of Margaret Frances and Cecil Aloysius Swyny. Skilly graduated from Central High School at the age of fifteen, At...
Edmond Patrick Lenihan, Jr.
Apr 22, 2011
Edmond Patrick Lenihan, Jr. May 10, 1961 – April 22, 2011 Edmond Patrick Lenihan, Jr. ("Eddie") 49, of Tulsa passed away on Good Friday, April 22, 2011 after a 6-month battle with brain cancer. Born May 10, 1961 in Astoria, Queens, NY to Edmond Patrick, Sr. and Patricia (Kelly) Lenihan. Eddie, a devoted father to two sons, was a Financial...
Lillian Eisen
Apr 21, 2011
Lillian Eisen, age 87, died Thursday, April 21, 2011, at the Tulsa Jewish Retirement and Health Care Center. Funeral Service will be 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 22, 2011, at Temple Israel. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to The Tulsa Jewish Retirement and Health Care Center, 2025 E. 71st St.,Tulsa, OK 74136. Fitzgerald Ivy Chapel (918) 585-1151.
Geneva L. Vanaman
Apr 20, 2011
Geneva L. Vanaman, age 91, died on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at a local Tulsa Hospital. She was born on March 18, 1920, in Marble, Oklahoma to parents Ben and Myrtle (Greenway) Ellis. At seven years of age, Geneva traveled with her family from Marble, OK, to Purdy, Missouri, in a covered wagon. She married George Vanaman in Kansas, in...
Hiram O. West
Apr 20, 2011
Hiram West passed away peacefully, Wednesday, April 20. He was ninety-two years old. Hiram was born in Birmingham, Missouri, one of twelve children to Pearl and G.B. West. As a boy he worked on their farm, hunted and fished with his brothers and sisters. Hiram was a World War II veteran of both the Merchant Marines and the Submarine Service....
Richard L. Krause
Apr 19, 2011
RICHARD LEE KRAUSE Krause, Richard L., 71, died April 19, 2011 in Mounds. He was born February 26, 1940 in Oklahoma City, OK. Richard was a son, brother, friend, husband, father, uncle, teacher, and grandfather. He was happily married to Patsy for over 40 years. To all that met him, he was like a bear of a man whose handshake...
Regis Mcmahon
Apr 18, 2011
Regis McMahon, 81, passed away, April 18, 2011 peacefully in his home surrounded by his loving family after a courageous 7 year battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Regis was born on August 6, 1929, in Monessen, Pennsylvania to John and Ethel McMahon. He moved to Canton, Ohio at the age of twenty where he met the love of his life,...
Dr. William Patrick Bill Illig
Apr 13, 2011
Dr. Bill (William Patrick) Illig, age 75, died on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at his Tulsa home surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his parents, William F. Illig, Esq. and Mary Cleary Illig, two granddaughters, Sarah Minielly and Mary Claire Minielly, and a brother-in-law, Robbie Robison. He is survived by his wife of 46 years,...
Rosanna Nancy Vaughn
Apr 10, 2011
Rosanna Nancy Vaughn passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011 in Tulsa, OK. She is survived by; sons, Allen Vaughn and wife Amber and Sam Vaughn both of Tulsa, OK; sister, Virginia of New York; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A visitation will be held from 10:00am-7:00pm, Tuesday, April 12, 2012 followed by a Rosary at 7:00pm all at Fitzgerald Southwood...
James W. Streck
Apr 8, 2011
James W. Streck (Jim) was born September 20th, 1923 in Eldorado, Kansas to Florence and Ira G. Streck. The family moved to Tulsa in 1926. He graduated from Tulsa Central in 1941. Jim entered the U.S. Air Corps in 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1946. He enrolled in the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in Business. Later,...
Robert T. "Bob" Brooks
Apr 5, 2011
Robert T. "Bob" Brooks, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mary; children Virginia "Ginger" Howard and spouse Joseph of Boonville, In.; Carolyn Schwartz and spouse Roger of Houston, Texas; Rhett Brooks, of Tulsa; and Robert "Matt" Brooks of Tulsa; four grandchildren, Shelby and Carson Brooks of...
Tracie L. Hill
Apr 4, 2011
Tracie Lea Hill, age 52, died in Tulsa on Monday, April 4, 2011. She was born to parents Jack L. and Dianne Hill on March 14, 1959, in Tulsa, OK. She worked in insurance billing. She is survived by her parents, Jack and Dianne, children Jeremy Edwards of Edmond, OK, Brandice Edwards and son-in-law Jim Nix of Bethany, OK, grandson...
George C. Berman
Apr 3, 2011
George Charles Berman, age 96, died Sunday, April 3, 2011 at the Tulsa Jewish Retirement Center. He was born October 31, 1914, in New York City. George served in the US Army in Western Europe during World War II. After the war, he married the former Muriel Sacks and opened a drycleaning business in Bronxville, New York with his father-in-law,...
Deane D. Griffeth
Apr 2, 2011
Deane Darais Griffeth, 87, passed away April 2, 2011. Deane was born August 28, 1923, in Tulsa to Frank W. and Birdella Darais. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, James Lloyd Griffeth, daughter Donna Jean, brother Donald Darais and sister Frances Mangold. She is survived by her brother Frank J. and wife Dee, daughters Joanne Powell...
Dwight L. Legan
Mar 30, 2011
Dwight L. Legan Visitation 6:00pm ~ 8:00pm Friday, April 1, 2011 at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel Funeral Service 10:30am Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, OK In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: The Deacon's Fund c/o Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church, 4102 E. 61st St., Tulsa, OK 74136 Fitzgerald Southwood...
Jackie Louise O'Brien
Mar 28, 2011
Jackie Louise O'Brien passed away March 28, 2011, after a short illness. She was born Jackie Louise Taylor in Hominy, Oklahoma on July 31, 1928, to Osage County ranchers, Carl Taylor and Mae Allen Taylor. Jackie used her ranching knowledge in her work at the Tulsa Stockyards where she met Martin Joseph O'Brien. Jackie and Martin married in 1958 and...
Joseph Aloysius Lafortune, Jr. "Buddy"
Mar 25, 2011
Joseph Aloysius LaFortune, Jr. J.A. LaFortune, Jr., "Buddy," was born to Joseph A. and Gertrude LaFortune, Sr. along with a twin sister, Mary Ann, on October 17, 1924 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He graduated from Marquette and Cascia Hall, and then went to Notre Dame where he played on the golf team before entering the Navy as a meteorologist in the...
Glenn A. Pray
Mar 23, 2011
Glenn Andrew Pray was born December 23, 1925 in Rocky Ford, Colorado to Andrew LeRoy Pray and Bertha Leweke. He departed this life on March 23, 2011, at the age of 85. As a child, Glenn moved with his parents for railroad work. His favorite location was Parsons, KS. He graduated from Holdenville, OK High School in 1945, graduated from...
