James K. "Jim" Pendergast
Feb 12, 2011
James K. "Jim" Pendergast, 90, of Tulsa, passed away on February 12, 2011. He was born in Bridgeport, CT, on December 28, 1920. He first came to Oklahoma in 1943 to train at Camp Gruber as part of the 557th Field Artillery. Here he met Minnie Lee Devero of Morris, OK, whom he promised to marry when he returned from...
Elizabeth Aldridge Glanz
Feb 11, 2011
GLANZ, Elizabeth Aldridge, 72, passed away Friday, February 11, 2011 in Tulsa, OK. She was born March 2, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA to Harry and Elizabeth Miller Aldridge. She was a Supervisor for Getty Oil Company. She was preceded in death by; her parents and husband, Wesley A. Glanz. She is survived by; step-son, Wesley A. Glanz, Jr. and, wife...
Shannon Michelle Rziha
Feb 11, 2011
Shannon Michelle (Brill) Rziha, age 34, of Tulsa, Oklahoma finished her earthly journey and battle with cancer as she passed away on Friday, February 11, 2011, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. She was born in Oklahoma City, May 15, 1976 and graduated from Putnam City High School in 1994. She attended Kansas Newman College (currently Newman University) in...
Larry Carl Houchin
Feb 10, 2011
A genuinely kind, fun loving and thoughtful person, Larry Houchin, passed away unexpectedly on February 10, 2011. He was 61. Larry was a husband, father, businessman, civic leader, supporter of the University of Oklahoma and remarkable friend to hundreds of people throughout Tulsa and the state. Larry was born on November 19, 1949, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to the late Louise...
Alma Mae Huber
Feb 10, 2011
Alma Mae Florence Yaple was born on August 9, 1 923 in Larnard, Kansas. She moved to San Diego, CA as a child and attended Grossmont High School where she was active in the marching band. She excelled at Home Ec especially in designing and making clothes. As a teen she and her sister Dorothy worked as hostesses at the...
James Patrick Thomas Iv
Feb 9, 2011
James Patrick Thomas IV, 67, died suddenly Wednesday February 9, 2011 at his home in Tulsa Oklahoma. Born March 8, 1943 in Anderson Missouri to James Patrick Thomas III and Evelyn Wagner Thomas. A beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather "Poppy", mentor, loyal friend and successful business man, his passions were family, golf, coaching and sharing wisdom through his all too...
James K. Hays
Feb 8, 2011
James K. "Jim" Hays, of Tulsa, passed away February 8, 2011. He was born June 21, 1937 to James E. and Waonita Hays in Sedalia, MO. Jim graduated from St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, IN and The University of Kansas. He spent his entire career as an exploration geologist, first with Texaco, and for the last 35 years with Sullivan...
Margaret Mary Dank
Feb 5, 2011
Margaret Mary Dank passed away February 5, 2011, in Tulsa, OK. Margaret was born on October 19, 1914, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to parents Francis and Margaret Mary (Spellman) Masilon. Margaret was married to John William Dank, who predeceased her. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her children, Jan Dank of California, David Dank, of Oklahoma City, and Yvonne...
Helyn Danzinger
Feb 4, 2011
Helyn Danzinger passed away February 4, 2011, in Tulsa, OK. Born to Max and Ann Reyes on June 20, 1928 in Wewoka, OK, she was preceded in death by her husband, Allen Danzinger and her brother Richard Rice. Helyn and Allen began Security Burglar Alarm Company in Oklahoma City in 1954. Honeywell purchased the company in 1969 as their first...
Rev. Robert T. Pickett
Feb 4, 2011
Reverend Robert T. Pickett died peacefully in his sleep on February 4, 2011, at the age of 87. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood on May 21, 1955 at Holy Family Cathedral, in Tulsa. For 56 years, Father Pickett's ministry was spread throughout the Oklahoma and Tulsa Dioceses, from Ponca City to Geary, to Watonga and Alva, in Bartlesville...
William G. "Bill" Eastman
Feb 2, 2011
EASTMAN, William G. "Bill", 89, passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2011. He was born July 30, 1921 in Ponca City, OK to Walter and Eilleen Eastman. He served as a fighter pilot in WWII and was a POW serving in the Army Air Corp. He was a pipeline construction office manager. He was preceded in death by; his parents, and...
Delbert Eugene "Gene" Pinion
Feb 1, 2011
Delbert Eugene Pinion was born in Tulsa on February 3, 1920, to John C. and Lillian D. Cooke Pinion. He died Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Gene, a 1939 graduate of Central High School, attended the University of Tulsa and then on to teach at Spartan School of Aeronautics. He later went to work for Bendix Corporation before he went to...
Veronica H. Mccarthy
Jan 29, 2011
Veronica -- Ronnie to her friends, Mom to her six children and Grandma to 14 -- died Saturday, Jan. 29, after a long illness. Born Veronica Hannah McNally in 1923, she lived the first half of her life in Bayonne, N.J., where she met Tom McCarthy at a basketball game. They married in 1950, moved to Tulsa in 1963 with...
Virginia "Ginger" N. Holsted
Jan 27, 2011
Virginia "Ginger" N. Holsted was born to Lillian and Harry Neville on March 13, 1949 in St. John Hospital in Tulsa , Oklahoma . Ginger passed away January 27, 2011 in the same hospital where she was born. She fought a courageous month long battle with a brain injury. Following complications her body was unable to continue the fight. Ginger...
James Evert Becker
Jan 25, 2011
James Evert Becker, age 84, died on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 in Tulsa. He was the son of Benjamin and Fay (Vaught) Becker, born on June 3, 1926, in Clearwater, Kansas. He married Margaret Busse Keim. James was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish, and especially enjoyed golfing on the Lakeside Golf Course in Oklahoma City. He...
Marilyn Florence Hagen
Jan 22, 2011
Marilyn Florence Hagen, died at her Tulsa home on January 2, 2011. She will be missed by many family members and friends. Marilyn was born on April 10, 1922 in Mancato, Minnesotta to parents Charles C. and Adeline (Hodapp) Dauber. She married Robert W. Hagen and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son Michael...
Virginia Martin
Jan 19, 2011
Virginia (Mitchell) Martin was born on July 19, 1935, in Newark, NJ, to Russell and Mary (DeGroff) Mitchell. She passed away on January 19, 2011. Her three-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) was marked, not by tears or self-pity, but instead by an unconquerable spirit of love, dignity and grace. She met this challenge head-on with a wonderful sense...
Antoinette M. Lynch
Jan 18, 2011
Antoinette M. Lynch, died at her Tulsa home on January 18, 2011. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 10, 1924, to Daniel J. and Anna (McCaffrey) Lynch. She graduated college and was an administrative assistant in the petroleum industry. She is survived by a niece, Patricia Lynch. A Memorial Service was held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 21,...
Leon M. Cooper
Jan 18, 2011
Leon M. Cooper, died at the Tulsa Jewish Retirement Center on January 18, 2011. Born on October 22, 1918, in Yonkers, New York, he was the son of Morris Cooper and Kate Kaplan Cooper. He worked in sales of dental supplies. He is survived by his sons, Ben Cooper of Paradise Valley, AZ and Matthew Cooper of Tulsa. Services were...
Rev. Thomas Joseph Carpender
Jan 15, 2011
Reverend Thomas Joseph Carpender left this earth and his beloved priesthood on January 15, 2011, surrounded by those who knew and loved him. For over 60 years, Father Carpender performed his priestly duties, even up to his last days, saying Sunday mass from a wheelchair for the Catholic residents of the assisted living home where he had lived for many...
