Shirley May Levin
Dec 24, 2022
Shirley Haas Levin peacefully passed away Saturday, December 24 in her home at Zarrow Pointe in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Shirley was born in Tulsa, OK to Bess and Bill Haas on February 23, 1927. She lived in Tulsa for the first eighteen years of her life and attended Central High School and the University of Texas at Austin. At the age...
Kellye Rice
Dec 23, 2022
Kellye Renee Rice, age 55, died on December 23, 2022, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on May 18, 1967 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Betty and James Korne. Kellye graduated from Tulsa Adventist High School in 1985, then furthered her training by obtaining a degree in Education from Northeastern State University. In 1993, Kellye moved to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and...
Michael I. Aneshansley
Dec 22, 2022
Michael Irving Aneshansley was born on December 16, 1946 in Clinton, Oklahoma to C.W. "Bill" Aneshansley and Frances Evelyn Spurlin Aneshansley. In 1965, Mike graduated from Clinton High School and then attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Mike graduated from SWOSU in 1969 with degrees in Physics and Mathematics. He joined the United States Navy upon his graduation from SWOSU and...
Leo Dayer
Dec 20, 2022
Leo Edward Dayer, age 88, died on December 20, 2022, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Leo was born on August 15, 1934 in Conway, Arkansas to Joseph and Philomene Dayer. He graduated from St. Joseph's High School in 1953 and subsequently, he moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma and served in the Oklahoma National Guard. Leo became a Letter Carrier at the US Postal...
Jacquelyn Claire Graham
Dec 15, 2022
Jacquelyn Claire (Wright) Graham, RN, passed from this life Dec. 15 following a brief illness. Born Oct. 2, 1938 in Atlanta GA, she was preceded in death by her parents, Alton and Emogene Wright; husband Champe Carter Graham; son Richard Malcolm Graham; and sister, Aljean Wright Middleton. She is survived by sons Stuart (Leigh) and Carter (Angie), grandchildren Jacquelyn Marlis...
Celso A. Dejecacion
Dec 14, 2022
Dr. Celso Autsria Dejecacion was born in Manila, Philippines on April 6, 1924 and died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 14, 2022. Dr. Dejecacion was 98. Celso, as he preferred to be called after retiring from medicine, was a veteran of WWII. At 17, he lied about his age and enlisted in guerilla warfare to fight alongside the Americans when...
T.H. (Tom) Russell
Dec 12, 2022
The best man in the world passed away on Monday. Tom Russell, 89, was an Irish Catholic Cowboy Entrepreneur. Tom revolutionized the oil and gas industry. That does not happen every day. He innovated design processes, skid-mounted plants, and equipment standardization. His enterprising spirit began early. His first "processing plant" was brewing beer in his parent's basement and selling it...
Janet Toppins
Dec 12, 2022
Janet Toppins was born on October 8, 1933 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Thelma and W.O. Butler. She grew up in Tulsa with three sisters, Joyce, Jeanneane, and Judy. After graduating from Will Rogers High School, she worked for Bell Telephone Company, and then later worked for Dr. Albert Gawey, DDS for many years. In April of 1956, she met...
Dolores Boden
Dec 11, 2022
Dolores Irene Kryk Boden passed away on December 11, 2022, surrounded by her loving daughters. She was born on March 19th, 1936, in Rochester, New York, to Charles and Frances Kryk. She attended Saint Stanislaus School and Nazareth Academy. Dolores first met the love of her life, Ronald C. Boden, at a high school football game. They would ride the...
John Kyle Goddard
Dec 10, 2022
John "Kyle" Goddard, age 89, of Wagoner, Oklahoma, passed away December 10, 2022. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to parents John Lester Goddard and Margaret Alpha Goddard, on October 21st, 1933. Kyle grew up in Tulsa and attended Central High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism at Tulsa University. While there, he was the editor...
Virginia Mccann
Dec 8, 2022
M. Virginia Moran "Ginny" McCann, age 85, died Thursday December 8, 2022, in Tulsa. She was born and raised in Oklahoma City and graduated in the first graduating class of Central Catholic High School (Bishop McGuinness), the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Radio and Television, and ultimately Phillips Theological Seminary with a Master's degree in Pastoral Care. Ginny...
Eleanor Dean Pula
Dec 4, 2022
Eleanor Dean "DeAnne" Wynn Pula went to be with her Lord on December 4, 2022. DeAnne was born on July 9, 1924 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Harry H. Wynn and Eleanor Hamlin Wynn. DeAnne was proud that she helped raise her two brothers after her mother's unexpected death, while attending and graduating from Granite high school in 1941....
Christopher Campbell Tilley
Dec 4, 2022
Christopher Campbell Tilley was born on August 12, 1964 to James Byron Tilley II and Joe Anne Cummings Tilley in Wilmette, IL. The youngest of his five siblings, Chris was quick of wit, sweet and loving. Chris's special interest in culinary arts led to a long career in food service and a constant challenge to further master these skills in...
Roberta Ann Clinkscales
Dec 3, 2022
We are sad to announce the death of Roberta "Robbi" Ann Clinkscales of Tulsa, who left us on December 3rd, 2022, at 77 years old. We are thankful that she is now free from sickness and rejoicing in Heaven. Robbi was a sweet and caring woman, who exuded a deep love for her family and had a great sense of...
Mary C Mcgranahan
Nov 29, 2022
Mary Catherine McGranahan, 90, of Tulsa passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 with family members by her side. She had been battling cancer. Mary was born in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1932 to Philip and Anna Dougherty. She was raised at her family's farm, which had no indoor plumbing, until she was orphaned at approximately 11 and moved...
Augustus Clayton Oliver
Nov 29, 2022
Augustus Clayton "Gus" Oliver, Sr., passed November 29, 2022, at the age of 99. He was born July 19, 1923, Belton, Texas. He was a WWII vet. He earned his MS in chemistry at Southwest Texas State. He was an engineer for Phillips Petroleum for the rest of his career. He worked in Borger, Texas, until moving to Tulsa in...
Ruth Peters Franz
Nov 28, 2022
Ruth Marie Peters Franz was born October 22, 1924 to Theodore and Viola Peters in Detroit, Michigan. She died peacefully at home on November 28, 2022. Ruth is preceded in death by her loving husband of forty-six years, John William "Bill" Franz. They were married in Phoenix, Arizona in 1956. She is survived by her four children, four grandchildren and...
Thomas A."Tom" Olzawski
Nov 28, 2022
A member of the Greatest Generation, Tom's life embodied the American Dream. Born to a Polish immigrant father and Polish American mother, he was always grateful for the freedoms and opportunities he was afforded. He valued faith, family, education, laughter, nature, and hard work. He was most at peace with a dog at his feet, a book in his lap,...
Frances "Frankie" Heck
Nov 27, 2022
Frances (Frankie) Heck was called home by our Lord on Sunday, November 27, 2022 when her large and loving heart decided to rest. She left us to be rejoined with Paul, her husband, Jim, her son, and the rest of her family, who predeceased her. Frankie was born in Keifer, OK, on September 1, 1925, to Rollie and Leota Griffin....
Barbara Ann Thompson
Nov 26, 2022
Barbara "Bobbie" Cook Thompson joined her family in heaven on November 26th in Broken Arrow, OK. She was born in Sapulpa, OK. On Jan. 29th, 1938 to Winifred and Elmer Cook. She graduated from Holy Family High School and went on to the University of Tulsa and joined the Tri Delta Sorority. She married George Thompson in 1959 and had...
