Zelma Lovina Kulchinski's Obituary
Kulchinski, Zelma, 90, passed away Friday, March 9, 2007 at the Broken Arrow Nursing Home. Zelma was born July 11, 1916 in Stillwater, Oklahoma to Henry Arthur and Grace Helen Middlebusher. She was preceded in death by husband Vernon, son, Edsel, parents, Henry and Grace Middlebusher, grandson-in-law Mark of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma,two sisters, Viglenna Tully, Leola Bowden; three brothers, Herman of Arizona, Almond of Dewey, Oklahoma, and Belford of Nowata, Oklahoma; and her child by heart, whom she helped her parents raise, her oldest sister’s daughter, Grace Davis of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Zelma was a sales woman from Renbergs in Utica Square Tulsa, OKlahoma are retired in 1982. Service was held Tuesday, March 13, 2007, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was laid to rest in Nowata Memorial Cemetery in Nowata, Oklahoma.Survived By: three children: Darlene Wheeler and husband Dwayne of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Glenna Johnson of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Jim Kulchinski and wife Amie of Tulsa, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Rhonda Wisner of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Derek Wheeler and Wife Karen of Owasso, Oklahoma, Kendel Johnson of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Kimberly Patterson and husband Pat of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Kristi Kesler and husband Geoff of Catoosa and Matthew Kulchinski of Tulsa, Okalhoma; great-grandchildren, Lindsey Wheeler of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Brittney and Kara Wisner of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Shelby and Lauren Wheeler of Owasso, Oklahoma, Olivia and Mason Kesler of Catoosa, Oklahoma, Jake, Justin and Parker Patterson of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Kenny Johnson and wife Malissa of Tulsa, Oklahoma; her oldest sisters’ children, whom she considered her children by heart, whom she helped her parents raised, Betty Fletcher of Gainsville, Florida, Denzil Tulley and wife Jean of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Don Tulley and wife Tootie of Brea, California, and many nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly.
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