John Richard "Jack" Wilson
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Obit=8903433
John Richard “Jack” Wilson was proud to be a native Tulsan. He was born August 9, 1928 to John Herbert Wilson and Nina McCoy Wilson who nurtured his faith at Immanuel Baptist Church. He died in Tulsa on January 3, 2013. Jack was a 1946 graduate of Will Rogers High School and an alumnus of The University of Tulsa. He was a petroleum geologist who never tired of pursuing the art and adventure of the oil business. His friends and family remember him as a voracious reader with a passion for conservative politics, history and archeology. Jack collected Southwestern art and studied the history of the Pueblo people. He had deep respect for Hopi culture and his generosity made it possible for the Smithsonian Institution to mount a traveling exhibition, The Year of the Hopi, which toured the United States from 1979-1981. Jack was a fiercely independent dreamer who had the intellect and courage to make many of his dreams come true. He never let failure or disappointment overtake his determination to make one morebig deal. Jack was generous and encouraging to a diverse group of family and friends. He wanted every young person to have an excellent education. Donations in his memory can be made to the scholarship endowment, Securing The Promise, at San Francisco’s Synergy School, 1387 Valencia, San Francisco, California. Jack is survived by his daughter, Carolyn Wilson of San Francisco and her children John Wilson Koerschen and Claire Ann Koerschen; his former wife and caring friend, Joan Branick Alldredge; former wife Karen Loyd and stepdaughters, Susan Wiles, Sara Lutz, Carol Buri and Cathy Ecker. His family will honor him privately and encourage his friends to raise a Coney (with everything) to Jack. This obituary was published in the Tulsa World on 1/13/2013.
