Donathan, Tommy Joe “Tom,” 83, Broken Arrow Public Schools administrator, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Arrow Heights Baptist Church. Floral Haven.
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Tom was born on March 13, 1931 in Wister, Oklahoma to Otes and Susy. He graduated from Wister High School in 1949 and enrolled in Poteau Jr. College. After the outbreak of the Korean War, Tom felt it was his duty to enlist in the Navy and was deployed in the Pacific on the aircraft carrier USS Bairoko and later served on the island of Guam until his service ended in 1954. He returned to southeast Oklahoma after the war and resumed college on the GI bill at Eastern Oklahoma A&M and Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
He is preceded in death by his father, Otes Donathan; mother, Susy Donathan; brother, Murl Donathan; grandson, Evan Donathan; and great granddaughter Esther Donathan.
The funeral is scheduled for 1:00 Thursday December 18 at Arrow Heights Baptist Church in Broken Arrow. Pastor Bob Green will officiate the ceremony. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Tom’s life.
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Floral Haven---
Tom was born on March 13, 1931 in Wister, Oklahoma to Otes and Susy. He graduated from Wister High School in 1949 and enrolled in Poteau Jr. College. After the outbreak of the Korean War, Tom felt it was his duty to enlist in the Navy and was deployed in the Pacific on the aircraft carrier USS Bairoko and later served on the island of Guam until his service ended in 1954. He returned to southeast Oklahoma after the war and resumed college on the GI bill at Eastern Oklahoma A&M and Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
He is preceded in death by his father, Otes Donathan; mother, Susy Donathan; brother, Murl Donathan; grandson, Evan Donathan; and great granddaughter Esther Donathan.
The funeral is scheduled for 1:00 Thursday December 18 at Arrow Heights Baptist Church in Broken Arrow. Pastor Bob Green will officiate the ceremony. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Tom’s life.
Donathan, Tommy Joe “Tom,” 83, Broken Arrow Public Schools administrator, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Arrow Heights Baptist Church. Floral Haven.
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Floral Haven---
Tom was born on March 13, 1931 in Wister, Oklahoma to Otes and Susy. He graduated from Wister High School in 1949 and enrolled in Poteau Jr. College. After the outbreak of the Korean War, Tom felt it was his duty to enlist in the Navy and was deployed in the Pacific on the aircraft carrier USS Bairoko and later served on the island of Guam until his service ended in 1954. He returned to southeast Oklahoma after the war and resumed college on the GI bill at Eastern Oklahoma A&M and Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
He is preceded in death by his father, Otes Donathan; mother, Susy Donathan; brother, Murl Donathan; grandson, Evan Donathan; and great granddaughter Esther Donathan.
The funeral is scheduled for 1:00 Thursday December 18 at Arrow Heights Baptist Church in Broken Arrow. Pastor Bob Green will officiate the ceremony. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Tom’s life.
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Floral Haven---
Tom was born on March 13, 1931 in Wister, Oklahoma to Otes and Susy. He graduated from Wister High School in 1949 and enrolled in Poteau Jr. College. After the outbreak of the Korean War, Tom felt it was his duty to enlist in the Navy and was deployed in the Pacific on the aircraft carrier USS Bairoko and later served on the island of Guam until his service ended in 1954. He returned to southeast Oklahoma after the war and resumed college on the GI bill at Eastern Oklahoma A&M and Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
He is preceded in death by his father, Otes Donathan; mother, Susy Donathan; brother, Murl Donathan; grandson, Evan Donathan; and great granddaughter Esther Donathan.
The funeral is scheduled for 1:00 Thursday December 18 at Arrow Heights Baptist Church in Broken Arrow. Pastor Bob Green will officiate the ceremony. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Tom’s life.
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