Loyce Wilkins
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Loyce Wilkins was born in
Red Fork, Oklahoma May 14,
1915. Her parents were R. M.
and May Brown. She was married
to Thomas Wilkins and they
had two daughters, Alfrieda and
Mary Jane. She died November
27, 2012, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
When it was discovered that
Mary Jane, her daughter, was
hearing impaired, Loyce immediately
began working for the
betterment of the deaf community.
She and Tom were founding members
of the Tulsa Speech and Hearing Society.
Loyce worked tirelessly with local organizations
and served on the Governor’s
Commission for the Deaf for many years.
She became proficient in sign language.
She and Tom joined Boston Avenue United
Methodist Church because of the Ephphatha
Sunday School Class for the deaf.
She was active in the United Methodist
Women. Throughout her life she was aware
and involved in what was happening in her
neighborhood. She was a member
of the Red Rose Garden Club,
the Southwest Tulsa Historical
Society, and was on the Board of
Directors of Western Neighbors.
She is survived by her daughters,
Alfrieda Wilkins of Marina,
California, her daughter and sonin-
law Mary Jane and Harold
Hamilton, and her sister Priscilla
Kincaid of Tulsa. Also her nieces
Debbie Fontana, Pat Roberts
and Cheryl Glancy of Tulsa and
Karen Adams of Dallas. Her nephews, Ron
Brown of Houston, Mark Brown of Dallas
and Gary Young of Central Point, Oregon.
Graveside Services 10 a.m., Monday at the
Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa followed
by a Memorial Service at 2 p.m., at the
Boston Avenue United Methodist Church.
Memorials may be made to the Southwest
Tulsa Historical Society in her memory.
Mark Griffith-Westwood 446-0010 Online
guestbook available at www.markgriffithmemorialfuneralhomes.com
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