MM: We moved to Tulsa in January 1941. MM: He changed Meer to Meyer by adding a y between the two es. Because, they paid you by the number of, papers you delivered. Seminole resident, mother, wife, friend and well-known philanthropist Jasmine Moran died at the age of 87 on Saturday, March 5, and though gone, her legacy will live on through her various projects and community outreach. Now I delivered papers for years and I remember whenever we would go a week withoutthey called it a kick which meant complaint. Melvin came back (to Oklahoma) while I was still in the hospital in Colorado. JE: And then grade school started here in Seminole? The only other dinner guest was Shimon Peres. She was one of seven children. And whenever the backseat was full, well then the African Americans would have to stand. MM: I think that would be a fair description. Would it be okayI can only volunteer about four hours a week. MM: And there were a lot of words that Jasmine used that were English words that they didnt. We pick up the spaying and neutering for the animals if it is adopted from our local shelter which I helped build. His father had had a very difficult time. JE: And then you moved Tulsa in 1941? and very early on he says, Ive never been to a childrens museum, I dont know what one is, theres no way I could commit to anything when I dont know what Im talking about. MM: I was 20 when I graduated from the University of Missouri. Posted on mars 17, 2022 by . Thats mainly the money we use to go ahead and do the dinner. We hope and pray that they are going to be okay. And there was nowhere in Oklahoma where we could get the kosher meat, so we would get it from Kansas City and the meat would come in by bus. So the board of directors had much more vision than Jasmine and I, because we were thinking small and our museum is probably six times the size of the one in Flint, Michigan. MM: Now we serve 700 people every Christmas Day and I am proud of Seminole Rotarians because they give up their Christmas Day to serve dinner to 700 people. Kim was there, and a support member and for governor was there. JM: Im over it. My father would go to synagogue every Friday night. MM: Well, actually I was invited to the White House three times but to meet with the President twice. So we felt the only thing that we could do, would be to buy one that we could take with us. Enter Going into that time, and this is a Chamber of Commerce count so it might be exaggerated a little bit, but we had 200 oil-related companies. What theyre going to be thinking about Jewish people is how they perceive you. JE: People in Seminole had to say, Did you hear this English speaking lady down the street? JM: Everybody. JM: Lieutenant Pam Whitmore who was one of the nurses. Because not only will they come here and fill up their tank with gas, theyll have dinner and lunch and stay in motels, so a study needs to be made of this. All of the government leaders were there and it was a big event. I was born in 1930. MM: We were sitting in a car as I recall. I well remember that the first time I had gone to meet the President, Jasmine says, Wheres your camera? and I said, This is an economic discussion, that would not be appropriate. I didnt take a camera and I was the only one there who didnt. She saw once that the husband of her friend would die in a short period of time, Moran said. wonderful because you can have someone out of sight, a considerable distance away and make the robot move. In October 1988, two months later, I invited 15 people to come to lunch. So we dont do a project until we have the money. And this well was making about five barrels of oil a day. MM: At that time in Seminole, maybe four or five in the community. cant. Joe passed away a number of years ago. The three of them were all really very sick. You had to go to some of those and only pitch a dream that we want to build a childrens museum in Seminole. Unfortunately, when I was quite young, I came upon the end of a foxhunt in England, which was very popular. And I happened to have a nice loud singing voice. She grew up near London during World War II, living through the Blitz, where Germany bombed England 71 times in 267 days. So I thought, well Melvin was late. Her name was Shirley Eaton. So, when people came in I would say, Can I sell you some chocolate milk or Coca-Cola milk? I offered all sorts of different milks. And sure enough after a few years the price did come back and we prospered. By the family. After we had dated quite a bit, I lived in London and Mel would come to my home and stay with me. Well, Im going to tell you though, in all fairness, this friend of ours, he said, Jasmine, youll do very well in America. He said, You wouldnt be considered kosher. Thats the way he described me and I said, What does that mean? And he said, Well, Ive done the best I can with you, but you will do okay in the United States.. It's surprising how much a musical selection can affect mourning. Weve been involved in things that have helped people. Most childrens museums around the country simply have the definition of various hands- on exhibits but not necessarily connected to each other in anyway. And there were strange, silly little things like when I was looking for nappies (diapers) for my baby. A cut diamond has many facets. But to feel like I was a part of his political family was a very good feeling. Do you want to comment on that? Digital Audio Sound Recording, Non-Music. So we feel very blessed that we can all get along with each other. I guess I was kind of a mercenary, but it was a good choice. I dont know if you believe in prayer or not. Well, going back to Seminole Moran Pipe & Supply bought oil leases. had raised the money for the construction of the wing and construction started. MM: Theres a company called Power Transmission and Equipment Company, it was really an oil entity. Dive into specific topics and learn about them firsthand from the Oklahomans that lived through and influenced them. My mother was very broad-minded. JM: Oh, it was awful. As Jasmine graduates to Heaven, she leaves here her adoring husband of 68 years, Melvin Moran; 3 successful children who practice Jasmines civic commitment Marilyn Moran-Townsend (Bill Townsend), Elisa Moran (Gary Kleiman), and David Moran (Kris Olsson); 6 granddaughters Allison Sackett (Aaron), Julie Townsend (Francisco) Michelle Shiffman (Eric), Nicole Kleiman-Moran, Annika Moran and Ingrid Moran; 5 great-grandchildren Nathan, Jasmine, Natalie, Francisco and Kate; sister Davina Skedzuhn, sisters-and-brothers-in-law Laurie Beavis, Sid and Ione Moran, Jeannie and Jerry Tiras, and nieces/nephews Bruce and Jennifer Beavis, Alexandria Skedzuhn, Debbie and Everett Moran, and Alan, Scott and Mitchell Tiras. He met his wife Jasmine while serving the United States Air Force in London. A Jewish child has a Bar Mitzvah when they are 13 years old and it takes quite a bit of study. JE: During your summers then, while you were in college, you said you worked at Streets department store. JE: In the United States we didnt feel the fear of bombing like you did. We cant eat anything that came from a pig. The affected portion of New Haven Road was closed for several hours in order for troopers to investigate the collision. So she said to me, The first phone you see, you must call me, because if you dont Im going to be angry with you all day. So I said, Okay, Ill call you. As we were walking into Winfield House I noticed on, the left side was a windowed area and there was a man standing talking on the telephone. However, when I met him he was 84 years old and out campaigning for his son. She was such an elegant lady, Donaho said. And they said, Come on in. And I said, Well, where are we going? You know, to cook with. As a supply officer, I was part of that advance party. But having had that fever and. In fact he was Seminoles first national champion. He couldnt sing at all. It was a very close race. My mother had told her that she had planned to name her daughter Jeannie, but my fathers sister who was still in Europe, died in Europe and her name was Ethel. JE: But it wasnt your husband. He was the minister of the first Baptist Church in Seminole for about 40 years before he retired. Well, he bought a well called the WC Davis in 1937. The best poems for funerals, memorial services., and cards. She worked tirelessly her entire life to keep animals safe, whether it was stopping on the side of the road to rescue an injured bird or a cruelly-tethered dog, or lobbying state and federal officials for animal rights legislation. Unless you are experienced as an estate executor, you probably should hire an attorney. In Oklahoma CityIntegris, OU Medical Center, St. Anthonys, Mercy, and then Saint Francis in Tulsa, those are five of Oklahomas biggest and most major hospitals. She really hated the name Ethel. Both of you comment on this, how did you come up with an idea for a childrens museum in Seminole? You have funeral questions, we have answers. I found when I first arrivedIll be very honest with you my awful thoughts weregood heavens Ive died and gone to the bowels of the Earth. Left to mourn her passing is her husband, Ronald Moran. We wanted new things instead of old things. Im a good English girl.. Mom passed away peacefully at the Bonnechere Manor, after a brief illness at the age of 93. For me it was kind of a heady time and I was pleased that I had a small part in helping David be elected. JE: The lights were left on so other cars wouldnt run into them? We knew we would need volunteers but none of us had any experience or knew what to. A year later I was born. I had missed a neon sign that said Gentlemen. So we had the money for the healthcare exhibit, but we still had to build the wing. And so we went and lived in the little English villages in the area. And for the number of square feet that we needed it was going to be a floor and a half. He knew a lot of the women that were actresses in the theaters and he introduced us to a number of them. I always enjoyed working after school and in the summers I worked and I just enjoyed being productive. And so, I started drinking milkshakes and I gained a lot of weight. We found the robot in Dallas and the robot was. the people were screaming inside. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday in Tulsa. Well, Mel had a small car, which did not have a large motor. And I was just absolutely terrified. There were very few in the country and most, probably not one out of 1,000 Oklahomans had ever heard of a childrens museum, much less seen one. During part of the bombing, Jasmine and her sister were evacuated to live in the homes of strangers near Birmingham. As a teenager he enjoyed hiking trips in the Lake District and Scotland and soon became a skilled rock climber. Melvin Moran: Another one of the nurses in that show was another young woman that Jasmine went to school with and her name was Millicent Martin. And said, Are you Jasmine? And I was so, taken aback I didnt have time to think and I said, Yes, I am. And he said, Well, Ive had an accident. There was a man and a woman in the car. And my father kept that letter framed in his office for the rest of his life, and now my brother has that letter. Well, she spent most of the day in our grocery store at the museum and her mom says now she wants to be a grocery checker. She graduated from St. Joseph, Missouri high school. ), (Update: This story was updated at 12:50 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 29, to correct the spelling of Marci Donahos name and adjust a reference to the fortune teller mentioned above. Now this was in 1988 and the Seminole depression was in 1986 when the price of oil collapsed. Melvin, youve got to be a good person because you will likely be the only Jewish person that many of these children have ever met, and may be the only Jewish person that theyll ever know. And learned a little bit about the scrap business and then decided to set out on his own. MM: He ran for senator. We decided to do something to help them, and this how the formation got started. And so I went to the store and told the lady that I wanted to buy some nappies and she said, What are those? And I was so shocked by the fact that they didnt know what they were. They had started out from France and they had had terrible weather across the coast from France to England, so they were all ready seasick when I got there. But because of the depression of the oil price, this company was going broke. So Seminole was in a depression. The rabbi there, his name was Arthur Kahn. JM: Well, Mel had arrived late. Kerr-McGee had some functions and we took the robot to their functions. At certain ages, if you were under the age of 12 you had to go in the evacuation. And they had met a man in London and his name was Peter Miles. The bank that had the mortgage on it foreclosed on it, and the building had been empty for a year. The most recent obituary and service information is available at the Fitzgerald Funeral Service Southwood Colonial Chapel - Tulsa website. As Moran entered the childrens theater at the Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum on Nov. 1, the fiery energy that spurred her whole life was evident despite what she called her wheelie-dealie walker and her tired, painful shuffle. JE: From that marriage, from your father and mother, there were two sons? all sorts of investigations of their own. I did, but more so during that time. His last time to run when I was his Seminole County Campaign Chair, I was pleased that he carried Seminole County, but he lost to Henry Bellmon. I loved Oklahoma. We thought it was a very nice house. And weve had cases when Moran Pipe & Supply was buying wells to salvage outweve had cases that happened very similar after that. JM: Well, one little girl I remember. This is a town of 7,500 people and we have that many. We had a club of Jewish friends. JE: All right, so lets pick up from your side here Jasmine. JE: And thats driven you to this very day? Upon her return, her teacher discovered that Jasmine could sing and asked her to perform in the air raid shelters to cover the sound of the bombs. She became his wife and together they lived history first-hand through friendships with politicians and worldwide history-makers. William Nelson Moran was born in Montgomery, Ala., on November 27, 1933, and he grew up in East Point, Ga. When you are a personal friend of David Boren, things happen. JM: Oh yes. Our squadron consisted of 25 officers and about 200 enlisted men. I went to grade school here. When we saw the concept, we thought what a neat concept. I sold mens clothes to there. 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