Tim Stanley
Tulsa Worlds
Tulsa, OK, United States
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Oklahoma's improvement in child uninsured rate is best in the U.S., researchers say
The improvement came on the back of implementation of Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma, along with pandemic-related continuous coverage protection, but "the state still has a ways to go." → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Iris Painter was a radio operator in Europe
Painter, 97, welcomed the Tulsa World to her home recently to talk about her service during WWII, which included sending and receiving messages via radio for the Army's 9th Air Force. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: James Ahrend was a combat engineer with the 101st Airborne
Ahrend, 91, talked to the Tulsa World recently about his time fighting to liberate Europe, including as part of the heroic American stand against the Germans at Bastogne, Belgium. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Pilot Bill Renfro bombed Japan in his B-29 Superfortress
Renfro, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who turned 99 in August, talks about taking the war to the enemy's homeland. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Dr. Worth Gross led a team of medics during Pacific island campaigns
Gross, who turns 99 this week, is a retired orthopedic surgeon and the oldest member of the Tulsa County Medical Society. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Navy pilot Leo Haas flew bombing raids on Japanese ships
Haas, 91, earned a Distinguished Flying Cross and many other medals flying with Navy Bombing Squadron VPB-109 in the Pacific. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: John Cockrum served on decorated submarine in Pacific
Retired from Sapulpa schools where he finished as assistant superintendent, 40-year educator John Cockrum, 89, was quartermaster on a Navy submarine, the USS Piranha, during WWII. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Pilot Jack Sanders flew 31 missions without losing a crewman
Sanders, now 93 and long since retired as Oklahoma state fire marshal, didn't lose a crew member during his time as a B-24 pilot, completing a total of 31 missions over Europe in WWII. → Read More
Tulsan Lloyd Neblett, decorated World War II pilot and D-Day veteran, dies at 96
Neblett, who came to Tulsa to work as a pilot for Amoco, remained in the Air Force Reserves after WWII, reaching the rank of colonel. A memorial service is set for May 30. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Joe Wilson helped liberate Dachau with 45th Infantry Division
Arms missing. Legs blown off. Brains oozing from shattered skulls. As a World War II combat medic in Europe, Joe Wilson “saw everything,” he said. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Newell West hunted Nazis with Counterintelligence Corps
His duties included investigating and tracking down suspected Nazi war criminals, many of them connected to the Dachau concentration camp and atrocities there. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Tank unit commander Larry Lantow was lone survivor of three WWII brothers
Lantow, a Bronze Star recipient, returned to Normandy in 1999 to see the graves of his younger brothers, Bob and Norman. A project is underway in Claremore to honor all of the Lantow brothers for their military service. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Tank unit commander Larry Lantow was lone survivor of three WWII brothers
Lantow, a Bronze Star recipient, returned to Normandy in 1999 to see the graves of his younger brothers, Bob and Norman. A project is underway in Claremore to honor all of the Lantow brothers for their military service. → Read More
Pearl Harbor survivor Allen Clinkscales of Tulsa dies
Clinkscales, a longtime vocal music teacher in Duncan and leader statewide in music education, was a Navy veteran of World War II, surviving the Pearl Harbor attack and the Battle of Midway. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Makoto Miyamoto fought with a Japanese-American unit in Europe
A second-generation Japanese-American, Makoto "Mike" Miyamoto of Owasso, now 91, is proud to have served his country in WWII, helping defeat an Axis alliance that included his family's homeland of Japan. → Read More
Partners in love, education: Robert and Alma Maxie, former Tulsa school principals who died recently, remembered for their bond
Career educators and respected members of the north Tulsa community, Robert and Alma Maxie died just over two weeks apart recently after 57 years of marriage. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Tulsa's Mary Glass served as an Army nurse in the Pacific
Former Army Lt. Mary Glass, 92, served in the Pacific during World War II, tending to recovering troops in military hospitals. → Read More
World War II veterans remember: Bill Clark served on a Navy destroyer escort
Tulsan Bill Clark, WW2 veteran and longtime American Legion honor guard member, talks about his war experiences and what it's like participating in veterans' funerals. → Read More
Rites held for Charles Malone, longtime University of Tulsa dean of admissions
Malone, who developed TU's nationally recognized student-recruiting program and who personally, over three decades, recruited thousands of students to study at TU, died Feb. 13. He was 92. → Read More
Ora Holland, oldest known living Oklahoman and former Tulsan, dies at 114
Holland, who at the time of her death ranked as the seventh oldest living person in the United States and 11th worldwide, will be remembered Wednesday at a service in Purcell. → Read More