PAUL GEYMANN

1921 - 2016

July 27, 1921 - June 8, 2016 EDMOND, Formerly of BARTLESVILLE Paul Geymann led a rich full life. He was born in Oil Hill, KS July 27, 1921, and grew up with his two sisters and four brothers, where he went to junior college before contacting the legendary Henry Iba and asking for a scholarship to play basketball at Oklahoma A&M, where he also pole vaulted on the track team. He was on the Oklahoma A&M NCAA championship basketball team in 1946. Following college, Geymann coached several years at the high school level in Topeka, KS. He returned to Oklahoma and coached several years at The University of Oklahoma, where he met his wife, Helen. They married in 1961 while he was coaching at the University of Missouri. While in Missouri, Paul added two children, Greg and Kelley, to his family before taking the Athletic Director position in Bartlesville. He was inducted to the Bartlesville Sports Hall of Fame in 2015 for his contribution to the community as former athletic director (1965) of the Bartlesville public schools, where he started a groundbreaking large school sports program for girls several years before the 1972 Title IX legislation was passed. His decision to divert funding from boys sports to create a girls sports program was not popular with many, but Paul Geymann strongly believed that girls should not be denied the opportunity to play sports. Sports for girls in Oklahoma had previously only been in smaller school districts. In 1987, Geymann was a founder of the Senior Men's Golf Association at Adams Municipal Course. Golfing was a lifetime passion of Paul. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Ida Gloie and Arlie Geymann; wife, Maxine; wife, Irene; and his stepson, Max Weeks. He leaves his two children, Greg Geymann, of Norman; and daughter, Kelley Falk, & husband, Dr. Richard Falk, of Edmond; grandchildren, Paul, Kyle, and Gregg Geymann; Jeremy, Garrett, and Wylie Falk; and Jamie Weeks Nettles; Kailey, Chase, Hudson, Parker, Hayden, and Huntleigh. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, June 13 at Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel, Bartlesville, OK. Friends who wish may sign the online guest book and leave condolences at www.stumpff.org