Service set for entrepreneur Perry Warren Nourse

Perry Warren "Pete" Nourse, an independent oil producer and entrepreneur, died Thursday. He was 70.

A funeral service has been planned for 11 a.m. Monday at Tulsa Bible Church under the direction of Nick Reynolds Funeral Home.

Nourse was born in Sapulpa on June 7, 1933.

He joined the Army during the Korean War and was discharged in the mid-'50s. He married Marilyn Sue Fix in 1955.

In the early 1960s he started Nourse Precision Machining. He closed the shop when the recession hit Tulsa in the late-'80s.

Shortly thereafter, he followed many of his employees to American Airlines. He received many awards for his designs there, including a tool used for landing gear repair work.

Before starting at American, he formed Nourse Oil, a small independent oil company where he worked until his death. He also started Innovative Tooling Service, which specialized in aircraft machining and repair.

Nourse was a member of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce and contributed much to humanitarian and Christian evangelistic causes.

He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Sue (Fix) Nourse; two sons, Michael Nourse of Kelly ville and Jonathan Christopher Nourse of Tulsa; a daughter, Felicia Copeland of Tulsa; a sister, Sharon Daniels of Tulsa; nine grandchildren; and eight great- grandchildren.

Friends are making memorial contributions to the John 3:16 Mission or The Salvation Army.

Complied and transcribed by Marti Graham, 2011.