JOHN E. PARISEAU

Mr. John E. Pariseau, 77, Sapulpa, Oklahoma, died Thursday November 6, at Bartlett Memorial Medical from a heart attack.

He was born June 24, 1909 in Sparta, Minnesota. He was a graduate of North Dakota State University. He was a former coach and teacher. He was a Catholic.

Mr. Pariseau was former director of Calvary Cemetery, Tulsa, and was a former employee of Tulsa Monument Co.

He moved to Sapulpa in 1962. He was the founder of Green Hills Memorial Gardens and a member of the Rotary International, the Elks Club Chamber of Commerce, Green Country Tourism Committee, American Legion, Sapulpa Historical Society, Friends of the Sapulpa Library, Veterans Memorial Association, Heritage Foundation, American Security Council and High Frontier.

Mr. Pariseau was a member of the National Association of Cemeteries and was a past president of the Oklahoma Cemetery Association.

He was founder of the veterans memorial at Green Hills Memorial Gardens. He was active in the Red Cross and was a veteran of World War II.

He is survived by daughters Jeanne Gooch of Omak and Jackie Kempe, Metaline Falls, Washington, sons Ed, Brewster and John, Seattle Washington, Bill of Salt Lake City and Peter of Tulsa; stepsons, Paige Anderson of Tulsa and Paul Anderson of Sapulpa; 25 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Services were held Monday, November 10 in Sapulpa at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

The family requests donations be made to the 0.B. Knight Memorial Museum fund.

The museum was a project of Mr. Pariseau.

Complied and transcribed by Marti Graham, 2010.