Robert Brady

Robert Hume Brady, son of Merle and Sadie Mae (Coleman-Hume) Brady, was born February 21, 1937 in Chickasha, OK. He passed away December 31, 2010 in Oklahoma City at the age of 73 years. Bob was reared in the Seiling area and graduated from Seiling High School in 1955, where he was senior class president and yearbook editor. He was united in marriage to Betty Louthan, October 20, 1956 at Seiling. They made their first home in Oklahoma City, where Bob began his insurance career with Standard of Tulsa Insurance Company. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1960 and was a member of the Pride of Oklahoma marching band and Young Democrats Club. He spent the next thirty-six years with the Travelers Insurance Companies, starting in Oklahoma City, transferring to New Orleans, then the home office in Hartford, CT, a brief stint back in Oklahoma City, Overland Park, KS and ending in Charlotte, NC as a regional vice president for the state of North Carolina. He retired in 1999, and they moved back to Oklahoma City in 2000. He was an avid OU fan, organizing alumni clubs in New Orleans, Hartford, reactivated the Kansas City club and founded the Charlotte Chapter. He received the University of Oklahoma Regents Alumni award in 1998. His grandfather, Dr. R.R. Hume, was in the second graduating class in 1899 and was one of the founders of the OU Alumni Club. They picked the original colors for the school ? crimson and creme. After retiring, he served on the executive boards of the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma and the Library Endowment Trust. He was active in the Library's Literary Voices annual fundraiser. He was a member of Crossings Community Church in Oklahoma City. His greatest gift was the love from his family, and he is survived by his wife of 54 years, Betty; his children: James Gavin Brady of Tulsa and Shelley Ann Ivy of Amarillo, TX; his grandchildren: Kyle, Whitney and Mandy Brady; Madison, Megan and Lexi Ivy; his sister, Judy Weeks and husband Charlie of Seiling; besides many other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and his son-in-law, Vance E. Ivy. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 4, 2011, in the First Christian Church in Seiling, with Simon Bookout and Charles Doggett officiating. Graveside services will follow in the Brumfield Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the Metropolitan Library Endowment Trust, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, the University of Oklahoma Foundation or Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The Redinger Funeral Home, PO Box 236, Seiling, OK 73663, will serve as custodian of the funds. Condolence messages can be sent to: www.redingerfuneralhome.com