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04-20-2017  I do not find an obit for Beatrice in the Oklahoman Digital Archives

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Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
February 9, 2006, pg16a

TASH , Edward Russell, 77, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Friday, Concord Missionary Baptist Church (Havenbrook)

Norman Transcript
Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
February 9, 2006

Edward Russell Tash, 77, of Norman died Sunday, Feb. 5, in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he liked to spend the winter months.

Services will be 1 p.m. today at Concord Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Mike Raines officiating. Burial will follow at Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery in Midwest City. Havenbrook Funeral Home in Norman is handling arrangements.

Mr. Tash was born Feb. 29, 1928, in Oklahoma City, to Tom and Mildred Hudson Tash. He was raised by his mother and George Ward, going by the name of Ed Ward. They moved often to find more farming work in Oklahoma, Texas and California. Mr. Tash entered the Navy in February 1946 following World War II. He was a machinist aboard submarines and was honorably discharged in December 1947.

He married Beatrice Dolores Smith May 1, 1948, and they had two daughters and one son. He cared for Bea while she battled cancer and they were together for 21 years. Mr. Tash married Shirley Ann Jacobson-Doner in 1970 and they raised her three sons. He cared for Shirley from 1986 until she died April 26, 1995. Following his military service, he worked for Corkin Pump before co-founding A-1 Valve Repair with Dewey Cooksey. In April 1973, he founded E--S Equipment, which he ran until he retired to care for his wife Shirley in 1986. Mr. Tash is remembered as a very compassionate, charismatic man who was a charmer with the ladies. He was an active member of Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Norman and Caribbean Baptist Church in Corpus Christi. He enjoyed University of Oklahoma sports, cooking and had an affinity for automobiles He was a charter member of Hudson Essex Terraplane Club Dust Bowl Chapter and remained a member for the rest of his life. He still repaired and drove a 1951 sky blue Commodore Hudson. He was a member of the Norman Moose Lodge for more than two decades.

Mr. Tash was preceded in death by his wives Beatrice and Shirley; one baby girl; parents; sister Mildred Leona Parker Warren; and brother Alva Tash.

Mr. Tash is survived by his sister Ruby Faye Roby; companion Kitty; children Edwina Gayle Willard, Steven Wayne Tash and wife Nicole of Fort Smith, Ark., Kenneth Earl Doner and wife Debbie of Newalla, Byron Karnell Doner and wife Carol Sue of Norman and Kelly Grant Doner and companion Marie Walls of Norman; grandchildren Ginger Walls of Ohio, Elizabeth Price of Nevada, John, Kenneth II, James, Darian April, Russell Edwin, Shirley Ann Megan, Misty and Sara Doner and Robert and Tiffany Cooksey; two great-grandchildren; Chihuahua dogs Rocky and Jamie Lee; and other family members, friends and co-workers.

Contributions may be sent to Concord Missionary Baptist Church, 1500 N. Stubbeman Ave., Norman, OK 73069 or Caribbean Baptist Church, PO Box 18789, Corpus Christi, TX 78480.

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