And I thought this was not the way that he was described to me under any circumstances. So they made me a soda jerk. And my dad proposed her on their third date. I mean Id hearhave you ever heard a bullet hit the dirt? It was a beautiful car. AboutPressCopyrightContact. When I went to work for the company initially our sales for pipe and equipment totaled. I remember that very well. And one caught our eye and it was advertising the Flint, Michigan Childrens Museum. While her nickname is "Jazz," her style is more like hard rock/hip hop. All of the government leaders were there and it was a big event. I didnt know very many people and I had no time for activity. JM: Yes, she was having a fit because she thought I ruined everything and that I was now making a big bridge between the United States and Israel and it wasnt a good one. However, I didnt see the bombing there as badly as of course I had seen it in London. JM: It was New Years Eve and we were in the Winfield House having dinner. JE: In the United States we didnt feel the fear of bombing like you did. Jasmine Moran: Its frightening how I didnt know how many people were coming. E.W. Before going to England, I was supposed to have gone to supply school. We saw the need for a childrens attraction in Seminole and in this area, Jasmine Moran said. Do you want to comment on that? JE: So she grew up in that community? And I sold out the milk really quickly. We're the perfect spot for your birthday party, school group, or adult group. My mother told me, If I were you, Id marry him, Moran said. There is a camaraderie that is unbelievable around the country. JE: You said, allotment, what did that mean, depending on your allotment? She was not able to leave Latvia to come and she ended up spending the war years in Siberia. Well it wasnt his fault. We didnt know how we were possibly going to start all of this because it costs a lot of money. Combien gagne t il d argent ? so many feet of used pipe. It doesnt work that way. MM: It would be thousands and thousands. You got into politics back in the 1950s and early 1960s, among other things known as the McCarthy Era. So as soon as Melvin started up the stairs to go to his room and get dressed, I headed for the telephone. For me it was like a Forrest Gump type of moment. Jasmine Moran Seminole, Oklahoma May 7, 1934 - March 5, 2022 Tribute Wall Obituary & Events Share a memory Send Flowers Obituary One of Seminole's most generous and beloved benefactors, Jasmine Moran, died at her home on Saturday morning, March 5, 2022, at the age of 87. I mean the score was 21-2 or 21-3 or something, and he just really killed me. They were 6-feet tall with small waists and big boobs, and Im so short. JE: Did your mother have a problem with this? I was very honored to do that. They elected officers and the teacher who came for the food, her name was Marci Donaho, and she became the president of the board. It was a chaplain squadron tour. Sorry, but I have got to say it as it was. They were two-year terms and I served seven terms as a councilman. She was really shocked. We have a lot of really wonderful people here who have made it a wonderful place to live. My oldest sister had ended up marrying a Roman Catholic and who renounced Catholicism for her. MM: Ever since the show Man For All Seasons that Jasmine was in. My younger brother Sydney was born in St. Joseph for exactly the same reason. 8 or 10 different candidates who were running for U.S. He also skipped the fourth grade. JE: But it was near you? And I loved to get free movie passes. John Erling: Im sure you felt that feeling many, many times coming here. They decided then and there to bring the experience to children in Seminole. It was several hours away from Jerusalem down to where the library and dedication event was. Because of the fact that the lighting was very minimal in a lot of the areas of London. In her early adolescence, Jasmine attended a drama school, where she also took regular school lessons, as well as music, dance and acting. And of course they are interested in their security, as we would be. MM: My mothers maiden name was Elsie Fine. But he said there really wasnt much in the way of oil business in those days, which there wasnt there, so I said, Well, you know, I can keep us alive. Services are under the direction of Rabbi Marc Fitzerman, The Synagogue Congregation Bnai Emunah, Tulsa (where Jasmine and Melvin were married in 1953.). So we decided that we had best just do one or the other. Read more about the life story of Jasmine and share your memory. MM: My mother and father had both came from very religious families. Describe her personality. More than 70,000 visitors played to learn and learned to play there last year. It was very, very sparse. So he left my mother in very dire circumstances with three children. I was a city councilman at the time. I was so blessed I could not tell you. And I went in there and instead they needed a soda jerk. Ever since this little girl could walk or talk she wanted to be a doctor. JE: Well then between two of these entities then, the Humane Society and the Childrens Museum? JE: But it wasnt your husband. JM: Im over it. ), Cockfighting fight turns back time at Oklahoma Capitol, The awkward family affair of Gov. I sent him a letter and I said, We have this project and can I have an appointment with you to see if Kerr-McGee would like to participate? A few days later we got a call from the chief counsel and vice president of Kerr-McGee, a gentleman named Tom McDaniel, more recently he was the president of Oklahoma City University. So we got about a loaf and a half because we were a family of five in our family. It was called Page Drugstore. in, Hornchurch you didnt have a lot of headlights on. They said later, We didnt know how to say no to you, but we never ever expect the doors to be open. You could walk down this major street and past a big building where they had the fire department. But having had that fever and. So we were really scared to death by this time. JE: Did you or your family feel any discrimination for being Jewish? Both of you comment on this, how did you come up with an idea for a childrens museum in Seminole? JE: But you were already outside of London, so. We were. melmyershonestmedia@cox.net, Mllerhaus Legacy Website Team Thats mainly the money we use to go ahead and do the dinner. In fact two of my mothers sisters, my aunts, they bedded on top of a piano that they had. And whenever the backseat was full, well then the African Americans would have to stand. After graduating from Upper Arlington High School, Ohio, he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York where he received a BS . I just didnt realize how Ive behaved and Im just so very sorry. But there, you are talking about 1,000 or 2,000 years old. MM: Yes. MM: Theres a company called Power Transmission and Equipment Company, it was really an oil entity. Each time an adjoining property went up for sale, the museum foundation purchased it for continued growth. Basically, for every barrel of oil we sold we lost money. So eight of us sat around a table and each of us had the Seminole phone directory in front of us. You have to be strong and stand up against cruelty to any living thing.. The children were forced to evacuate. At that time, in order to acquire equipment, there would be wells that were about to be plugged and abandoned. Jasmine Moran is the author of A Realm of Scars (0.0 avg rating, 0 ratings, 0 reviews) You can translate that however you wish. They had a lot of these bombs that were on a timer, or they had. No, they said someone had had a heart attack or a stroke. In 2000, Jasmine was named Seminoles Citizen of the Year. That, never crossed my mind. So the norm was to put the smallest low-beam lights on and then if there were air raids coming in, whoever owned the car, had to run out to their car and turn off those lights during that period of time. The theater was sort of like a quadrangle. Because of that, teachers were trying to distract the children from the bombing and the noises that were carrying on outside of our area. We were all very good friends. A story of humility, compassion and, always, good cheer. JE: So by the time that you came to the United States then you had been schooled in Judaism? It as a VIP kind of trip, we visited all of the historic places. That enraged my mother. JE: But here in Seminole, would you have been the only Jewish family here in Seminole? But I found out that meeting people makes a whole lot of difference. Graduate of Rutgers, and Kean University with a double major in Psychology and Psychiatric Rehabilitation. I would like to think that my personality approaches hers at least in some respect. And anyone who could fly anything was brought to Hornchurch to fly it, and to try and protect London from the German Luftwaffe. MM: Yes and then after we were married, we went on the honeymoon in California and came back to Seminole. When you go a block to deliver one paper, its not nearly as good as delivering 10 papers on a block. My name is Melvin R. Moran. JE: And its very nice to meet you, too. So I walked around again and several more times and had just about decided to go back home when a black limousine came up and this man jumped out all wet and in an American uniform, and he was soaking wet. MM: Well, I do remember hearing about that. Well, going back to Seminole Moran Pipe & Supply bought oil leases. I had exactly the right number of papers that I would need to fulfill my route, so I would be short one paper. I really did. So, it was very difficult to go to church particularly where we lived in Hornchurch. Because if you got a large group in a church and it got bombed, the decimation would be dreadful. Of course he went on to great things (Laughter). Born 80 years ago today - 1st February 1943 Always remembered with much love by Deborah. JE: Name some of your friends while growing up. JM: No. Well, it started about 1940 or 1941 and then they evacuated the children out of London. That was a dreadful thing to do because those houses frequently were bombed and people were screaming and it was awful. JM: Yes, I pronounced it differently. She grew up near London during World War II, living through the Blitz, where Germany bombed England 71 times in 267 days. The three of them were all really very sick. There is not room on the base for officers to live, so we had to find our own lodging anywhere we could. It was 100 degrees when I arrived. They would burn their way through the roof. He was born February 14, 1934 in Saint Louis, Missouri to Floyd H Knapp and Elisabeth Irene Strong. This is our 31st year to do that. She was born Jasmine Dolores Careen Burchell Lindsay on May 7, 1934, in Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, Essex, England to Lilian McPhee and John Carter Burchell. Melvin knew all of my friends and everybody that I worked with. These were rubbers that were made out of inner tubes from tires and (stretched) over sticks, and you let them go and they sting a little bit when they hit you. Jasmine Moran was a beloved friend and philanthropist in Seminole. For those of you who recognize her name, it is due to the Children's Museum located in her community which is named after her. And they said, Come on in. And I said, Well, where are we going? Jasmine Moran ACA Qualified Financial Accountant at Young Lives vs Cancer Bristol, England, United Kingdom 113 followers 113 connections Join to connect Young Lives vs Cancer Sheffield Hallam. And the battery would sustain them okay but the car that I had was an export model. And in the area that we lived. So many people would say to me, My grandchildren are away and I dont see them very often. Not only do the Rotarians give up their Christmas Day, we have 20 volunteers from the community. In 1988, Melvin and Jasmine brought together a diverse group of Seminole residents without telling them why. MM: It continues till this day and every year we have a raffle. After the death of Morans scoundrel father, Lillian raised her three surviving children alone. But she had this need to help people. We were walking in and you were walking back to your room with the orange juice in your hand. You had to go to some of those and only pitch a dream that we want to build a childrens museum in Seminole. And I got to Tom McDaniels office and as soon as I get into his office he said to me, Melvin Ive got to level with you, our giving budget for this year is already completely gone. Melvin Moran: We were married in Tulsa at Bnai Emunah Synagogue. It was unbelievable. Morans older sister, Helen, was an accomplished actress, while her younger sister, Davina, would become a well-respected ballerina in Canada. We ran into a hurricane, at sea, it was the wrong time of year to come across the ocean. JM: Very much so. Every memory left on the online obituary will be automatically included in the book. JE: Back in Seminole there was some segregation too? JE: People in Seminole had to say, Did you hear this English speaking lady down the street? JM: Everybody. He had been an Air Force officer who had graduated from UCLA and he invited them back and to bring. Peacefully on Thursday, September 2, 2021, at Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital of Bluewater Health in Petrolia, Mary Jane (nee Pringle) Moran passed away at the age of 88. In Oklahoma CityIntegris, OU Medical Center, St. Anthonys, Mercy, and then Saint Francis in Tulsa, those are five of Oklahomas biggest and most major hospitals. My mother was a widow during the war. Mickey Edwards at the time was not as appreciative of this free trip that he had as I thought he should have been. I am not sure how many terms he served, but it seems like maybe he served three terms but I am not sure. MM: That was located as I recall around 5th and Main Street. Mike Monroney ran for senator? George became my fathers partner in Moran Pipe and Supply and he was a partner until he died. And then suddenly a grand jury was called and by the luck of the draw my name was one of the 24 names called. I thought well have the money that well need in two weeks and we will build it in six months. I remember it very distinctly. JE: So back to Tulsa Central high school, you had a good time? JE: And there was that instance when Kim reached out and was raising funds for you, and I believe she asked Integris Hospital to contribute is that true? None of that, however, helped Melvin when the crisis of his life left him alone and near death in a Jerusalem hotel room. She was married to a man by the name of George Kahn. It was a very close race. The 15th person was Marci Donaho, a fourth-grade teacher who only attended because her school was serving beanie weenies that day, and she hated beanie weenies. And there were strange, silly little things like when I was looking for nappies (diapers) for my baby. But anyway, I said, Well, you know it wont do any harm, if we dont like each other we will just walk away. So I went and it was about mid-afternoon and I was to meet him at the theater that I was working at. It was definitely both certainly part religious and that a Jewish person is supposed to do a mitzvah, a good deed every day. At 5 years old, Moran learned to recognize the sounds of bombs before they dropped. Now your father operated the Moran Oil Company in Tulsa while he was there, and then who operated it here in Seminole? MM: I was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. I did. It was a department store. And they knew that my mother was raising three children and struggling like the devil to get us fed and clothed. Is that because you think you should be or is that because of your religion? MM: Well, it did because of my heritage. (Laughter), MM: She said it was the nicest honor she had ever received. JE: Did you feel it when you moved to Tulsa? Its done so much not just for us, but for other people who work there its become an unbelievable entity. The Jasmine Moran family thanks all for your outpouring of love for a one-of-a-kind woman who will live in our hearts forever. He was a publisher of a newspaper. by Karen Anson Melvin Moran was born Sept. 18, 1930, in St. Joseph, Missouri, to European Jews. I remember being in college one day and I was reading a TIME magazine. JE: Didnt your family take in soldiers during the war? There is no dishwasher or anything. David became my state representative, so I got to know him in the political capacity working together for our community. JE: How many Jewish families were in Seminole at this time? When I got up I was absolutely covered in oil. Jasmine Moran Children's Museum 1714 Oklahoma 9 West, Seminole This children's museum in Seminole has 42,000 square feet of indoor space and a large outdoor play area that includes a riding. JM: Yes. And of course, during the wartime you know, you didnt have any. I mean you had what you had and you did the best you could. MM: Well, there are certain laws of kosher, certain things we cannot eat. It truly wasnt. There were very few in the country and most, probably not one out of 1,000 Oklahomans had ever heard of a childrens museum, much less seen one. 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