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Gary Davis Millikan
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Gary Davis Millikan, 79, of
Tulsa, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2014. Born September
6, 1934 in Beaver County, OK,
son of the late John Edward Robert and Marjorie Loraine (Davis)
Millikan. A 1954 graduate of
Will Rogers High School and a
US Navy Veteran. Gary retired
from Wm. H. Rorer/Rhone-Poulenc Pharmaceutical Co. where
he earned several awards and
was selected to hold oices in the
Tulsa Medical Service Assn. His parents
and brother, James Brooks Millikan predeceased him. Gary is survived by his wife
of 58 years, Barbara Inbody; daughter and
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DEATH NOTICES
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TULSA
Allison, Blanche F., 42, homemaker, died Friday. No local
services planned. KennedyMidtown.
Berry, Owassa Nadine “Wassy,”
87, Hillcrest business ofice collections worker, died
Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m.
Tuesday, Moore’s Eastlawn Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church.
Brody, Marla Sue, 68, All Saints
Home Medical operation
manager, died Friday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Wednesday,
Congregation B’Nai Emunah.
Fitzgerald Ivy.
Burgess, Richard P., 51, retired,
died Sunday. Services pending.
Kennedy-Midtown.
Clark, Elmer, L., 94, former
Parrish & Clark Dodge owner,
died Sunday. Services pending.
Moore’s Southlawn.
Cooper, Carl Lee Sr., 74, retired
Southern Hills Country
Club maitre d’, died Sunday.
Services pending. Moore’s
Eastlawn.
Darby, Jack Roy, 85, retired truck
driver, died Sunday. Services
pending. Moore’s Southlawn.
Elbon, Jane A,. 61, Coldwell
Banker Realtor, died Thursday.
Service 11 a.m. Friday, Trinity Episcopal Church. Ninde
Brookside.
Goodchild, Marguerite L., 89,
homemaker, died Friday.
Services pending. Moore’s
Eastlawn.
Harper, Dale D., age unavailable,
died Sunday. Services pending.
Crown Hill.
Harrod, Bill Franklin, 84, tubular
products manager, died Friday.
Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday
and memorial service 1 p.m.
Saturday, both at Moore’s
Southlawn Funeral Home.
Lamb, Wanda E., 83, dental receptionist, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Moore’s
Rosewood Funeral Home, and
service 1 p.m. Tuesday, 10th
and Rockford Church of Christ.
Ramirez, Samuel Sr., 63, died
Saturday. Services pending.
Mark Griith-Westwood.
Shepherd, Joel Dan, 71, Integrated Utility Products president and owner, died Sunday.
Services pending. Moore’s
Southlawn.
Tate, Ruthe Anita, 74, retired
registered nurse, died Sunday.
Services pending. Mark
Griith-Westwood.
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son-in-law, Renae and Rob Cass;
granddaughter, Courtney and
grandson, Connor Cass; brothers,
Arlen Millikan, Jack Millikan and
sister-in-law, Karen; step-brothers and their wives, Wayne and
Rosie Williams, Don and Yvonne
Williams, Bill and Mary Williams;
sister-in-law and brother-in-law,
Jo Ann and Rudy Smith; as well
as many cousins, nieces, nephews
and a host of friends. A Memorial
Service will be held, 2PM, Tuesday,
February 25, 2014, in the chapel of Freeman
Harris Funeral Home. Condolences may be
left on-line. Freeman Harris Funeral Home,
(918) 749-3333. www.freemanharris.com
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BIRTHS
Thomas, Donald, 85, retired Blue
Cross Blue Shield accountant,
died Saturday. Service 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Jenks United Methodist
Church, Jenks. Mark GriithWestwood.
Vogel, Jefrey “Jef,” 59, investor, died Sunday. Service 3 p.m.
Tuesday, St. John’s Episcopal
Church. Ninde Brookside.
Welch, Kate, 94, waitress, died
Saturday. Services pending.
Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Whisenhunt, Charles “Chuck,” 67,
retired OCV Control Valves vice
president of sales, died Saturday.
Service 11 a.m. Wednesday,
Christ United Methodist Church.
Stanleys.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under
which the death notice is listed
unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville — Edward Sang Um,
83, welder, died Saturday. Services pending. Stumpf.
Bixby — Norma E. Talley, 94,
homemaker, died Sunday.
Services pending. Bixby Funeral
Service.
Broken Arrow — Elaine R. Davis,
83, University of Wyoming
administrative assistant, died
Saturday. Private family services.
Floral Haven.
— Everett R. Dunlap, 80, physician,
died Sunday. Services pending.
Hayhurst.
— David Pierce, 62, professional
musician, died Friday. Visitation
6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m.
Wednesday, First Baptist Church.
Catoosa — Anita Hudgins, 49,
homemaker, died Sunday
in Tulsa. Services pending.
Kennedy-Kennard.
Claremore — Howard R. Thompson, 88, retired gardener, died
Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday,
Church of God Seventh Day.
Rice.
Dewar — Gary Lane, 60, died Sunday. Services pending. Integrity,
Henryetta.
Henryetta — Susan J. Dombek,
68, died Sunday in Midwest City.
Services pending. Integrity.
Hominy — Howard Eugene
Kennedy, 82, retired oil-ield
pumper, died Friday in Barnsdall.
Visitation 2-8 p.m. Monday,
Powell Funeral Home, and
graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday,
A.J. Powell Cemetery. Schaudt’s,
Glenpool.
Peggy V. Helmerich
Women’s Health Center
Erika Romero and Joaquin
Molina, twin boys.
Courtney and Chris Sutherland,
Skiatook, boy.
Christian Driver and Dewon
Pruitt, boy.
Amber Hart and Craig Cousins,
Okmulgee, girl.
Kimberly and Mark Johnson,
Broken Arrow, girl.
Kimberly Patterson, girl.
Shawntae Price, boy.
OSU Medical Center
Saint Francis Hospital
(Tulsans unless indicated)
St. John Medical Center
Monique Dabney, boy.
Tifaney Phelps, girl.
Melissa and Kevin Barnett, girl.
Jessica and Shane Eden, boy.
Brittany Hoke and Colin Mayner,
boy.
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Langley — Glen DeWayne
Chism, 73, retired Cinch employee, died Saturday. Service
10 a.m. Thursday, First Free
Will Baptist Church, Vinita.
Luginbuel South Grand Lake.
Lawton — Robert D. Green, 34,
counselor, died Feb. 12. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Paradise Valley Baptist
Church. Hunn Black & Merritt,
Eufaula.
Locust Grove — Ronney Gene
Hubbard, 39, concrete inisher,
died Thursday. Visitation 6-8
p.m. Monday, Locust Grove
Funeral Home, and graveside
service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Hogan Cemetery.
Muskogee — Raymond T. “Mac”
McLaughlin, 69, retired from
the Navy, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Cornerstone
Funeral Home Chapel.
Oglesby — Bob Jess Taylor,
81, retired from the city of
Bartlesville, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oglesby
Christian Center. Stumpf,
Bartlesville.
Perry — Henry Voise Jr., 90,
farmer, died Sunday. Service
2 p.m. Wednesday, Zion Lutheran Church. Brown-Dugger.
Sand Springs — Beaulah M.
Shavney, 91, died Saturday in
Oklahoma City. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
— Lillian M. Swinson, 89, retired
from Tulsa World Advertising
Department, died Saturday.
Services pending. Moore’s
Southlawn, Tulsa.
— Linnie Lucille Walters, 92,
homemaker, died Saturday
in Tulsa. Services pending.
Mobley-Dodson.
Sapulpa — Shirley Jean Haynes,
80, barber, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven,
Broken Arrow.
Stillwater — Mack McCoy, 65,
retired, died Sunday. Services
pending. Kennedy-Midtown,
Tulsa.
Vinita — Wayne Henry Waggoner, 59, chiropractor, died
Saturday. Services pending.
Luginbuel.
Wagoner — J.B. “Red” Ogden,
77, retired B&R Auto owner,
died Saturday. Service 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Cornerstone
Funeral Home Chapel, Muskogee.
Whiteield — Billy Junior
Crowder, 87, welder, died
Saturday in Stigler. Services
pending. King & Shearwood,
Stigler.
Amanda and Ben Hurley, Jenks,
girl.
Tiona Hurley and Skymond
Thomas, Glenpool, girl.
Jenny and Clay Mindemann,
Salina, boy.
Helen and Matthew Moore,
Owasso, girl.
Ashley Shipley and John Farmer,
Cleveland, Okla., boy.
Laura and Brian Stuemky, boy.
Chazney Wilson and David
Carroll, Okmulgee, girl.
Jasmine Woodfork and Antonio
Wilson, Broken Arrow, girl.
Series of small earthquakes continues in Oklahoma
LANGSTON — The U.S.
Geological Survey has
recorded several more small
earthquakes in Oklahoma.
Authorities say no injuries
or damage are reported from
quakes ranging from magnitude 2.2 to 3.5 that were
recorded in Logan, Payne
and Grant counties, although
police in Stillwater say several
residents called to report feeling the temblors.
The USGS reports a magnitude 3.5 quake was recorded at
3:15 a.m. Sunday about 7 miles
northwest of Langston and a
3.1 magnitude quake occurred
at 9:11 p.m. Saturday about 3
miles southwest of Stillwater.
Separate 3.0 magnitude
quakes were recorded at 1:23
a.m. Sunday near Langston and
at 10:44 p.m. Saturday near
Stillwater.
Two 2.5 magnitude quakes
were recorded Sunday near
Medford and Langston and
quakes of magnitude 2.2 and
2.7 were also recorded in the
Stillwater area.
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Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest-known survivor of the Holocaust, is seen in her
London home in 2010. Herz-Sommer, whose devotion to the piano and to her son sustained her
through two years in a Nazi prison camp, died Sunday morning at the age of 110. THE LADY IN NUMBER 6/Bunbury Films/Associated Press
Oldest-known survivor
of Holocaust dies at 110
BY SYLVIA HUI
AND ROBERT BARR
U.S.-WORLD DEATHS
Associated Press
LONDON — Alice HerzSommer, believed to be the
oldest Holocaust survivor,
died at age 110 on Sunday, a
family member said. The accomplished pianist’s death
came just a week before her
extraordinary story of surviving two years in a Nazi
prison camp through devotion to music and to her son
is up for an Oscar.
Herz-Sommer died in a
hospital after being admitted Friday with health problems, daughter-in-law Genevieve Sommer said.
“We all came to believe
that she would just never
die,” said Frederic Bohbot,
a producer of the documentary “The Lady in Number
6: Music Saved My Life.”
“There was no question in
my mind, ‘would she ever
see the Oscars.’ ”
The ilm, directed by
Oscar-winning ilmmaker
Malcolm Clarke, has been
nominated for best short
documentary at the Academy Awards next Sunday.
Another producer on the
ilm, Nick Reed, said telling
her story was a “life-changing experience.”
“Even as her energy slowly
diminished, her bright spirit
never faltered,” she said.
“Her life force was so strong
we could never imagine her
not being around.”
Herz-Sommer, her husband and her son were sent
from Prague in 1943 to a
concentration camp in the
Czech city of Terezin —
Theresienstadt in German —
where inmates were allowed
to stage concerts in which
she frequently starred.
An estimated 140,000
Jews were sent to Terezin
and 33,430 died there. About
88,000 were moved on to
Auschwitz and other death
camps, where most of them
were killed. Herz-Sommer
and her son, Stephan, were
among fewer than 20,000
who were freed when the notorious camp was liberated by
the Soviet army in May 1945.
Yet she remembered herself as “always laughing”
during her time in Terezin,
where the joy of making music kept them going.
“These concerts, the
people are sitting there, old
people, desolated and ill, and
they came to the concerts
and this music was for them
our food. Music was our
food. Through making music we were kept alive,” she
once recalled.
“When we can play it cannot be so terrible.”
Though she never learned
where her mother died after
being rounded up, and her
husband died of typhus at
Dachau, in her old age she
expressed little bitterness.
“We are all the same,” she
said. “Good and bad.”
Caroline Stoessinger, a
New York concert pianist
who wrote a book about
Herz-Sommer, said she interviewed numerous people
who were at the concerts
who said “for that hour they
were transported back to
their homes and they could
have hope.”
“Many people espouse certain credos, but they don’t
live them. She did,” said
Stoessinger, author of “A
Century of Wisdom: Lessons
from the Life of Alice HerzSommer, the World’s Oldest
Living Holocaust Survivor.”
“She understood truly that
music is a language and she
understood how to communicate through this language
of music.”
‘Nobody can help you’
Frederic Chopin, a dauntingly diicult monument of
the repertoire. She labored
at them for up to eight hours
a day.
She recalled an awkward
conversation on the night
before her departure to the
concentration camp with a
Nazi who lived upstairs and
called to say that he would
miss her playing.
She remembered him saying: “I hope you will come
back. What I want to tell you
is that I admire you, your
playing, hours and hours,
the patience and the beauty
of the music.”
Other neighbors, she said,
stopped by only to take
whatever the family wasn’t
able to bring to the camp.
“So the Nazi was a human,
the only human. The Nazi,
he thanked me,” she said.
The camp’s artistic side
was a blessing; young
Stephan, then 6, was recruited to play a sparrow in
an opera.
“My boy was full of enthusiasm,” she recalled. “I was
so happy because I knew my
little boy was happy there.”
The opera was “Brundibar,” a 40-minute piece
for children composed by
Hans Krasa, a Czech who
was also imprisoned in the
camp. It was irst performed
in Prague but got only one
other performance before he
was interned.
The opera was featured
in a 1944 propaganda ilm
which shows more than 40
young performers illing the
small stage during the inale.
In 1949, she left Czechoslovakia to join her twin
sister, Mizzi, in Jerusalem.
She taught at the Jerusalem
Conservatory until 1986,
when she moved to London.
Her son, who changed his
irst name to Raphael after
the war, made a career as a
concert cellist. He died in
2001.
Anita Lasker-Wallish, a
friend and fellow concentration camp survivor, said
Herz-Sommer was still lively during a visit last week.
“She was a real optimist,”
she said, adding that the
pair used to play Scrabble
together frequently until
Herz-Sommer’s eyes failed
her. “She was feeling very
unwell and she went to the
hospital last Friday. I think
she had enough.”
She added that Herz-Sommer lived a modest life and
would probably balk at the
media attention directed at
her death.
“She didn’t think of herself as anybody very special,”
she said. “She would hate
any fuss to be made.”
Herz-Sommer was born
on Nov. 26, 1903, in Prague,
and started learning the piano from her sister at age 5.
Alice married Leopold
Sommer in 1931. Their son
was born in 1937, two years
before the Nazi invasion of
Czechoslovakia.
“This was especially for
Jews a very, very hard time.
I didn’t mind because I enjoyed to be a mother and I
was full of enthusiasm about
being a mother, so I didn’t
mind so much,” she said.
Jews were allowed to shop
for only half an hour in the
afternoon, by which time the
shops were empty. Most Jewish families were forced to
leave their family apartments
and were crammed into one
apartment with other families, but her family was allowed to keep its home.
“We were poor, and we
knew that they will send us
away, and we knew already
in this time that it was our
end,” she said.
In 1942, her 73-year-old
mother was transported to
Terezin, then a few months
later to Treblinka, an extermination camp.
“And I went with her of
course till the last moment.
This was the lowest point in
my life. She was sent away.
Till now I don’t know where
she was, till now I don’t know
when she died, nothing.
“When I went home from
bringing her to this place I
remember I had to stop in
the middle of the street and
I listened to a voice, an inner voice: ‘Now, nobody can
help you, not your husband,
not your little child, not the
AP writers Lawrence Neumeister in
doctor.’ ”
New York and Jessica Herndon in
From then on, she took
refuge in the 24 Etudes of Los Angeles contributed to this story.