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...
Bruce Edward Orvis
Jan 15, 2011
Bruce Edward Orvis passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011 in Tulsa, OK. He was born January 18, 1936 in Tulsa, OK to Joseph and Margret Crawford Orvis who preceded him in death. He was a retired Civil Engineer for WilBros Engineering Co. He is survived by; his wife, Janice Orvis, of the home; 8 daughters, Sandra Enterline, Terri Orvis, Jenni...
Patricia Louise Griscom
Jan 14, 2011
Patricia Louise Griscom passed from this life on January 14, 2011. She was retired from St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. and served as their Field Marketing Representative for the Eastern half of Oklahoma. She was a long time member and past President of the Insurance Women of Tulsa and a member of the Tulsa Insurance Marketing Association. She...
John Dale Martens
Jan 13, 2011
John Dale Martens of Tulsa, Oklahoma was born November 12, 1943 in Wayne, Nebraska. Mr. Martens died in Tulsa on January 13, 2011. John was preceded in death by his parents, Irma B. Vonseggern Martens and Leonard William John Martens of Montrose, Colorado. John is survived by his wife and love of his life, Mary Anne of the home, his...
Catherine Agnes Ling Stromie
Jan 13, 2011
Catherine Ling Stromie passed away Thursday, January 13, 2011, in Tulsa, OK. She was born July 18, 1920, in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Henry and Ioda (Jones) Ling. She received her RN from the St. John Hospital School of Nursing in Tulsa. Catherine dedicated her life to the profession of nursing and, coming from a family of outstanding achievers, she graduated...
James B. Grice
Jan 12, 2011
GRICE, Jim, 86, passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2011 in Tulsa, OK. He was born October 3, 1924 in Picayune, MS to Michael and Josie Harvey Grice who preceded him in death. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Air Force. Jim Grice will always be remembered for his kindness, his big heart and his warm smile. A southern...
Janet Rae Jamar
Jan 10, 2011
Janet Rae Jamar, age 80, died at her Tulsa home, Monday, January 10, 2011. She was born to parents Fulda and Leota (Owen) Donaldson in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on September 18, 1930. She had a career as an accountant in the oil and gas industry. She is suvived by her children, Kyle Jamar,of Tulsa,Claudia Sprowso, of Durango, CO, Felicia Feuerborn, of...
Eileen Rooney Hewgley
Jan 9, 2011
Was born January 25, 1920 to Marguerite Rines and Laurence Francis Rooney in Muskogee, OK. She was an avid patron of the Arts serving as a Trustee for: the Tulsa Opera, Philbrook Museum of Art and the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust Authority. She was a member of the Ruskin Art Club, the Philbrook Masters Society, Southern Hills Country Club,...
