Robert Osborne Greaves' Obituary
ROBERT O. GREAVESROBERT WAS CALLED HOME TO BE WITH HIS LORD on November 13th 2013. ROBERT WAS BORN IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA ON APRIL 22, 1924 AS CEYLON BREWER WHOSE PARENTS WERE CEYLON BREWER AND MARIAN GRACE (KAPP) BREWER. IN 1926 ROBERT , HIS MOTHER, AND HER GRANDMOTHER , INA W. KAPP MOVED TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA. IN 1933 MARIAN BREWER MET A CANADIAN GEORGE COOPER GREAVES, AND THEY MARRIED IN DECEMBER 1933. ROBERT AND HIS MOTHER MOVED TO WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA. IN EARLY 1934 GEORGE GREAVES ADOPTED ROBERT AND HIS NAME WAS CHANGED TO ROBERT OSBORNE GREAVES. HE MOVED TO TULSA, OK IN SEPT 1939. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE U.S.ARMY AIR CORPS AVIATION CADET TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATING AS A TWIN ENGINE PILOT AND WAS ASSIGNED AS INSTRUCTOR, HE LATER WAS ASIGNED TO THE 9TH AIR FORCE, THE 397TH BOMB GROUP IN EUROPE. AT THE END OF THE WAR HE WAS ASSIGNED TO OCCUPATION DUTY IN BERLIN GERMANY. AFTER BEING DISCHARGED IN AUGUST 1946, HE RETURNED TO OKLAHOMA A&M and GRADUATED IN AUGUST 1949 WITH A BS ENGINEERING DEGREE. HE WAS A LIFETIME SIGMA CHI MEMBER. HE MARRIED LEAH R. KENNY IN DECEMBER 1947 AND THEY HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD, ROBERT OSBORNE GREAVES JR., IN NOVEMBER 1948. HE WORKED AT AMERICAN AIRLINES MAINTENANCE BASE IN TULSA FOR 37 YEARS, IN VARIOUS MANAGERIAL POSITIONS ,AND RETIRED ON DECEMBER 1988, AS MANAGER OF FACILITIES ENGINEERING. HE THEN WORKED AS A CONSULTANT FOR AMR SERVICES WORKING ON FACILITY PROJECTS IN SOUTH AMERICA, MALAYSIA, TEXAS, AND LOUISANA. HE RETIRED FROM THIS GROUP IN 1997 FOR HEALTH REASONS. HE AND HIS FAMILY JOINED ASBURY UMC IN JULY 1966, AND HE WAS INVOLVED IN MANY MINISTRYS OF THE CHURCH, HIS FAVORITES BEING A LEADER OF SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDIES, COUPLE TO COUPLE COUNSELOR, AND PLAYING THE TROMBONE IN THE ASBURY ORCHESTRA , AND THE ASBURY SAINTS OF SWING DIXIELAND BAND. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT HE BECAME ACTIVE AS A VOLUNTEER IN VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE TULSA AREA. IN 2012, AFTER 15 YEARS OF VOLLUNTEERING HE RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR THE TOTAL HOURS VOLUNTEERED IN VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. PREDECEASING ROBERT WERE HIS PARENTS,GEORGE COOPER, AND MARIAN GRACE , HIS SISTER RUTH, HIS SON RICHARD IN 1958, AND HIS SON ROBERT JR.IN 1986 . HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE CAROLE L, OF 34 YEARS, LEAH GREAVES, ROY GREAVES(MOLLY), MONA JONES(ALAN), TRACY EDGAR(Debbie), AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN BRITTNEY Christensen (Travis), EVAN GREAVES, KIMBERLY TRUJILLO (Dustin), CHRISTOHPER JONES , STEPHANIE ESTEP (Tony), AND two GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN, OLIVIA ESTEP AND DRAKE TRUJILLO. THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD at 10:00 am, Monday, November 18th, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO GIVE TO THE SALVATION ARMY, JOHN 3;16 MISSIONS , ASBURY’S GLOBAL MISSION MINISTRY , OR TO CHARITY OF THEIR CHOICE.
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