Jim Kettler let us know that Ada Mae Forbes who worked at the 36th and N Western store before she transferred to the office, passed away this morning about 9:30 AM on November 30, 2010. She was Hue Weirsig’s administrative assistant for many years and was a wonderful person. Services were pending at the time of Jim’s Facebook post on November 30.
My apologies for the delay in posting. If anyone has additional comments, feel free to add them to this post.
He was one of the originals. He was a Buyer and VP. He retired in 1971. His photos of Oklahoma graced the waiting area of the executive offices for several years. He joined TG&Y after managing S.H. Kress stores in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Others I remember who worked with him were Pat…
Gary Miller was a truck driver then Director of Transportation. He passed on 5/15/13. Click on his underlined name to read the Daily Oklahoman Obituary.
George started his career at TG&Y Company in Oklahoma City, working in MIS. In 1986, he joined Arkansas Best Freight in Ft. Smith where he worked until his retirement in 2015. He was able to attend one of the reunions a few years ago. View the full obituary at: King and Shearwood Funeral Home
Bill Seaton passed away February 11, 2011. His funeral was last Saturday but we didn’t learn of it in time to post it earlier. You may read the obituary at http://matthewsfuneralhome.com/seaton.aspx for as long as the funeral home link is up. (Discovered that the funeral home link no longer works so it is disabled)
Mr. Stewart died on July 30, 2013. Richard worked in the Edmond Oklahoma Warehouse after he was laid off in the late 80’s, he went to work for Hobby Lobby Warehouse in OKC retiring in 2005. Thanks to Mr. Tommy Mosher for providing the update.
He was a store manager in Oklahoma. The Edmond Plaza TG&Y was the last store that he managed. Prior to Edmond he managed stores in Duncan, Pauls Valley, Ada and Norman.