NAME: ROBERT HOUSTON "BOB" FORAN, AGE 82, A LONGTIME LANE-ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 6, 1924 AT KONAWA, OK TO STEWART AND LILLIE ALMA (HENSLEY) FORAN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 82 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. EDUCATION: BOB ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM KONAWA HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED OKLAHOMA A & M COLLEGE WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL. BOB WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT WITH KONAWA'S TROUP 33, HE WAS A LIFE SCOUT. MARRIED: DELENE PHILLIPS ON JUNE 17, 1945 AT LANE, OK. OCCUPATION: BOB MANAGED B & D GROCERY IN LANE AND LATER MANAGED THE ATOKA CO-OP. HE OWNED AND OPERATED COALGATE AND FORAN'S FEED MILL. HE DROVE A TRUCK DELIVERING MARBLE DUST AND FEED FOR KIMBELL'S MILLING IN DURANT AS WELL. BOB ALSO WORKED IN HIS LATER YEARS AT COLONIAL MANOR AS MAINTENANCE MAN UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. HE WAS A DEACON FOR OVER 40 YEARS AT THE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH AND, AFTER MOVING TO ATOKA, HE AFFILIATED WITH THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. BOB SERVED IN THE U.S NAVY DURING WWII AND WAS STATIONED IN GUAM AS A DRAFTSMAN. SURVIVED BY WIFE: DEE FORAN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: LYNDA DEE WHITMORE OF CLAREMORE, OK. JANET JOUDAH OF ATOKA, OK. ANITA WYATT AND HUSBAND JEFF OF MEMPHIS, TN. KIM USHER AND HUSBAND BRUCE OF ATOKA, OK. ROBERT E. FORAN AND WIFE ALICE OF LANE, OK. CHERI GRIMMER AND HUSBAND CRAIG OF LAKE JACKSON, TX. SISTER: VELMA JEAN PHILLIPS OF DEKALB, TX. BROTHER: JIMMY DON TRYON OF DEKALB, TX. 17 GRANDCHILDREN AND 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SPECIAL FRIENDS AND CAREGIVERS: BRIGIDA LANE, SHAWNA HUNT, AND CARRIE RECTOR. ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES, MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS, AND CHURCH FAMILY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: STEWART FORAN AND LILLIE (HENSLEY) FORAN TRYON SISTER: WANDA LOU WALL. BROTHER IN-LAW: CECIL PHILLIPS.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE HAVENER. ASSISTING: REV. BOB COMPERE. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE.