Bruce 0. Taliaferro

TALIAFERRO - Bruce 0., 61, died on Saturday, December 27, 2008. Bruce was born February 13, 1947, in Kansas City, MO. Raised in Tulsa, he was a 1965 graduate of Memorial High School and went on to earn his BA degree in history from the University of Arkansas in 1969. He married Gail Niesen on August 16, 1969, in Glen Ellyn, IL. Bruce earned his law degree from The University of Tulsa in 1971, where be was a member of Delta Theta Phi law fraternity. He served in the Air Force Reserves (Judge Advocate General), was a member of both the Tulsa and Oklahoma Bar Associations, served on the board of Hillcrest Medical Center and was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Bruce was also an avid golfer. Bruce was preceded in death by his parents, Paul Everett and Irene Warden Taliaferro. He is survived by: his wife, Gail Niesen Taliaferro, of Tulsa; his daughter, Tracy Taliaferro Sampat and husband, Piyush, Overland Park, KS; and his son, Patrick Taliaferro and wife, Katherine, Fayetteville, AR. Bruce is also survived by his sister, Ann Taliaferro and husband, James York, Fairfield, CA; 2 granddaughters, Allison and Jayden Sampat, Overland Park, KS; niece, Kirsten Ulmer Pennington, Chandler, AZ; and nephew, Paul Ulmer, Colorado Springs, CO. He will be missed by all, including cousins, aunts and uncles. Service will be 10a.m., Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at Moore's Southlawn Chapel. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or the Tulsa Food Bank. Please sign our online guestbook at www.moorefuneral.com. Moore's Southlawn Chapel, 663-2233 Bruce O. Taliaferro